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Bes

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Registered: 2007-06-20

Posts: 79

XGL won't start up automatically

Hi

I have an nVidia card and have followed these instructions

Method 1 - GDM uses XGL

This guide is largely a modification of these instructions from the Gentoo Wiki. This guide will explain the steps I used to get XGL running while using the GDM.

First, we need to set GDM to use XGL instead of regular X, so open /opt/gnome/etc/gdm/gdm.conf as root with your favorite text editor (be sure to make a backup first):

(Note: With GNOME 2.13 these changes should go into /opt/gnome/etc/gdm/custom.conf, or optionaly you can use the /opt/gnome/sbin/gdmsetup GUI to create the gdm.conf. With GNOME 2.18 and/or GDM 2.18 you'll use /etc/gdm/custom.conf to override the defaults.)

   1. Search for the [servers] section
   2. Comment out 0=Standard, replacing it with 0=inactive
   3. Add another line after 0=inactive to read 1=Xgl

You should end up with:

[servers]
# These are the standard servers.  You can add as many you want here
# and they will always be started.  Each line must start with a unique
# number and that will be the display number of that server.  Usually just
# the 0 server is used.
# 0=Standard
0=inactive
1=Xgl

Since we have 1=Xgl we have to define Xgl as a server. To do that, go to the end of gdm.conf and add:

# Definition of the xgl X server.
[server-Xgl]
name=Xgl
command=/usr/bin/Xgl :1 -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv
flexible=true
chooser=false
handled=true
priority=0

I have configured everything as above, but whenever I boot into GNOME I just cannot get XGL to start up

It works if I exit to the command line and startxgl though.

I am using an nVidia 7300GS and the latest nVidia drivers.

Please help!

Thanks

Bes

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Registered: 2007-06-20

Posts: 79

Re: XGL won't start up automatically

n/m sorted

emmybear

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Registered: 2007-04-20

Posts: 38

Re: XGL won't start up automatically

Well, in the event that someone has this question again, could you please post the solution and append "[Solved]" to the title? Makes the forums and their search feature much more useable. Cheers.