xorg-test

[Dennis Veatch]

On Thursday 30 September 2004 09:23 pm, Woody Gilk wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:22:32 -0400, Dennis Veatch <dveatch at woh.rr.com> 
wrote:
> > On Thursday 30 September 2004 04:59 pm, Nick Hudson wrote:
> > > Hmm ok, well what video card driver do you use??  The problem with a
> > > empty host.def file is that none of the card drivers get built except
> > > for vesa and another I cant think of right now.  Also a minimal amount
> > > of fonts are built, well to my understanding they are.  I will try that
> > > out tonight I hope. I dont have to work tonight and maybe I can have
> > > some time to sit down and actually work on some things.
> > >
> > > Nick
> >
> > The way it worked for me was a Woody suggested. "echo
> >
> > > /etc/lunarlocal/host.def", lin XOrg-test and say no to reconfigure
> >
> > host.def. It appears to have compiled the needed video drivers, as I ran
> > "xorgconfig", answered the questions and choose "radeon".  For some
> > reason it did not like my old xorg.conf file, dunno why. Anyway that
> > worked. Adding the DRI section to xorg.conf even worked though I get
> > about half the rate now, around 1200.
> >
> > Haven't tried the eye candy yet. Dunno how to enable it.
>
> quick eye candy how-to:
> first you will need the modules xcompmgr and transset from the moonbase.
> next add these lines at the end of your xorg.conf:
> Section "Extensions"
>     Option   "Composite" "Enable"
>     Option    "RENDER"   "Enable"
> EndSection
>
> then start xcompmgr like so:
> xcompmgr -cf &
>
> ^^^ this will allow access to the composite extension and enable the
> offscreen rendering of the desktop and show fuzzy shadows under
> windows. (for sharp shadows use "s" instead of "c"
>
> to use transset, open a console and type "transset" followed by a
> decimal. (1 = 100% opacity, .5 = 50% opacity, 0 = transparent, etc.)
> this will change your x cursor, so click on the window you want to
> make transparent. bam! you've just gotten all the pretty eye candy you
> can imagine.
>
> it's still much too buggy for daily use, but it makes pretty screenshots.
> ;-)
>
> -woody (aka shadowhand)


Thanks that worked. Though you are right about buggyness. With that stuff 
enabled it really slows my system down.

>
> > > Woody Gilk wrote:
> > > >i just opened ./etc/lunar/local/host.def and cleared the whole thing,
> > > >then did "lin -cr XOrg-test" and choose no to "reconfigure host.def".
> > > >it worked beautifully... here's a screenshot of it:
> > > >http://www.wgilk.com/linux/screenshots/lunar_linux_093004.png
> > > >
> > > >i got the tip from crypticreign in IRC. there are at least 3 of use
> > > >loonies (sorry, that was a bad pun :P ) using XOrg-test sucessfully.
> > > >
> > > >the eye candy is pretty buggy. it's stable, but slow and buggy.
> > > >without using the eye candy, R6.8 is fast, stable, and feels more
> > > >responsive.
> > > >
> > > >-woody
> > > >
> > > >On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:30:46 -0500, Nick Hudson
> > > > <nhudson at lunar-linux.org>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > >>So you removed your /etc/lunar/local/host.def file and then
> > > >> recompiled XOrg-test module without changing anything in the default
> > > >> host.def it generates??
> > > >>
> > > >>Nick
> > > >>
> > > >>Woody Gilk wrote:
> > > >>>i'm not sure if this has been publicly annouced, but XOrg-test
> > > >>> appears to compile fine you completely clear your host.def and then
> > > >>> built it without reconfiguring host.def.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>i'm running it right now this way.
> > > >>>