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Problems with desktop fx, and an ATI x1300 + driver

Asked by Zen

Ok, I just switched to ubuntu (finally). The first thing I did was follow your guide to get ATI drivers for my X1300, "the ubuntu way". Great, they seem to be working. But now desktop effects, AND beryl no longer work. =/. When I click desktop effects (under preferences), I get the error "Composite extension not available". No problem so far, I went into terminal, and typed glxinfo | grep direct, and it says yes. Great. Then I type fglxinfo | grep direct, and it says bash: xglinfo: command not found. Im fairly new, so I don't know much. What should I do to get this working?

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Zen (zack592) said : 		#1

Oh, and I installed beryl after desktop effects weren't working. Heh, sorry, its 3 am here, so my typing english is kinda... sub par?

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Zen (zack592) said : 		#2

Oh, once again, forgot something. Im using Ubuntu Feisty

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#3

The ATI restricted drivers do not support the composite extension, therefore you either disable it (and loose 3D accelleration) or use GLX.

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Zen (zack592) said : 		#4

aww. Do you mean disable the driver? Or just 3D acceleration? And where can I find a guide for installing/using GLX?

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Thomas Templin (coastgnu) said : 		#5

On Fri, 15. June 2007 12:59:48 Zen wrote:
> Question #8256 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/8256
>
> Zen gave more information on the question:
> Oh, and I installed beryl after desktop effects weren't working. Heh,
> sorry, its 3 am here, so my typing english is kinda... sub par?

The ATI fglrx driver doesn't suport desktop effects. So if you need desktop
effects you have to use the free Xorg ati driver again.

So it's on you to choose which functionality you need.
- Full 3D support, e.g. for gaming. Then use the ATI fglrx driver.
- Desktop effects and no full 2D support, e.g. for common desktop use. Then
  use the Xorg ati driver.

regards,
thomas

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Zen (zack592) said : 		#6

how would I install that? And once again, what GLX?

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Justin Payne (neolithium82) said : 		#7

There's a good step by step walkthrough for the processes that you need to do right here, should get you set up in a few minutes :)
Hope this helps!
Justin

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Feisty_Installation_Guide

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#8

To clarify, this GLX:

Load "glx"

Which should be in the Module section of your xorg.conf file.
And to disable composite (and AIGLX) you have to add these:

Section "Extensions"
        Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option "AIGLX" "off"
EndSection

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