[huskerlug] Re: YouTube - Beryl
- From: GreyGeek <jkreps@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:04:12 -0600
No, I haven't.
Thanks for the tip!
Matthew Jorde wrote:
> Have you tried using XGL rather than the built-in Xorg compositing? I
> had a similar problem where the ati card on my laptop couldn't run beryl
> with fglrx while using the aiglx composite, but when I turned aiglx off
> and installed xgl, beryl + fglrx worked great.
>
> Matt
>
> On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 17:41 -0600, GreyGeek wrote:
>
>> At work I run a Dell Optiplex GX260 with a Dell M992 monitor
>> I installed SimplyMEPIS-32 6.5 beta5. It detected and configured
>> everything automatically, including accelerated video.
>> I used Synaptic to install Beryl.
>> It worked perfectly.
>> So, I have BOTH accelerated video and Beryl on my work station.
>>
>> On my personal Gateway m675prr laptop I must chose between accelerated
>> 3D or Beryl.
>> Beryl won't work with my ATI 9700 chip if I use the fglrx driver.
>> I must use the radeon driver, which doesn't support accelerated video.
>> I'm going with the accelerated video.
>> ===
>> GreyGeek
>>
>> Hexadecimal wrote:
>>
>>> True, true.
>>> On a related note, is anyone running the bleeding-edge version of Ubuntu
>>> (Feisty Fawn)? I updated from Edgy to Feisty for the Beryl integration, and
>>> it runs great on my laptop's crappy GPU (Intel GMA950) - much better than I
>>> had expected. I really like the expose-like functionality, and taskbar
>>> window previews. Maybe I'll try to capture some video soon, or at least get
>>> some screenshots.
>>>
>>> -Seth
>>>
>>> On 2/15/07, Matthew Jorde <majorde@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> The fact that Beryl includes eyecandy does not automatically make it
>>>> frivolous. I find some features of Beryl helpful in my productivity and
>>>> several features of Metisse seem like they could be implemented as Beryl
>>>> plugins without too much trouble. That being said, Metisse looks pretty
>>>> nice as well. It would be great to get both of these up and running.
>>>>
>>>> Matt
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 21:33 -0600, Hexadecimal wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Cool, but too bad it's unproductive eyecandy. :'(
>>>>> Personally, I hope Metisse becomes as accepted as Beryl has become. It
>>>>> doesn't have as much eyecandy, but it'd sure help me be more productive.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://insitu.lri.fr/metisse/
>>>>>
>>>>> -Seth
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2/14/07, GreyGeek <jkreps@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7QraljRfM
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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