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pogeymanz

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Registered: 2008-03-11

Posts: 1,020

xcompmgr + NVIDIA?

I have seen a lot of similar threads, but not exactly the same.

xcompmgr is pretty much fine except when I try to resize the windows. Then it becomes very slow and choppy. I am using the open source nv driver.

Xorg:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "GLcore"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "Monitor Model"
    HorizSync    30.0-130.0
    VertRefresh  50.0-100.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "SWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "HWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShadowFB"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Rotate"                 # [<str>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"               # <i>
        #Option     "FlatPanel"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPDither"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "CrtcNumber"             # <i>
        #Option     "FPScale"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPTweak"                # <i>
        #Option     "DualHead"               # [<bool>]
    Option "RenderAccel" "true"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "nv"
    VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName   "GeForce 8300 GS"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

venox

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From: Curitiba, Brazil

Registered: 2003-08-23

Posts: 137

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Re: xcompmgr + NVIDIA?

Why are you using nv instead of the proprietary nvidia drivers? AFAIK the nv driver doesn't support any acceleration, hence no fast compositing.

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pogeymanz

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Registered: 2008-03-11

Posts: 1,020

Re: xcompmgr + NVIDIA?

Well that explains it...

I was having problems configuring the Nvidia driver, even with the nvidia-config tool it wouldn't detect any screen. However there is a new version out now, so maybe I'll give it another go.

ekerazha

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Registered: 2007-02-27

Posts: 290

Re: xcompmgr + NVIDIA?

Well that explains it...

I was having problems configuring the Nvidia driver, even with the nvidia-config tool it wouldn't detect any screen. However there is a new version out now, so maybe I'll give it another go.

Try xconfig instead of nvidia-config (if you use nvidia or nvidia-96xx)