Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 21:36:44 -0400 From: "Indigo 23" <indigo23@gmail.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Which is rendering platform is best to use with Beryl? Message-ID: <6f50eac40704081836h6c5b93c9h19b0ca68255edc43@mail.gmail.com>
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>Hey, >Indigo 23 wrote: >> I am running the latest nvidia drivers (from the ports -- 9746), Xorg >> 7.2, and Beryl 0.2.1. I was wondering which is the best to use for >> the "Rendering platform" option in Beryl. I have the choice of 1) >> Automatic, 2) Force Nvidia, 3) Force AIGLX and 4) Force XGL. I am >> wondering which would be the best to use? I noticed when I have it on >> Automatic that I cannot run other OpenGL apps while Beryl is running >> as it just forces me to kill X11 (the screen turns black and the >> computer becomes very unresponsive). >> >> Thanks. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-x11 at freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe at freebsd.org" >> >I haven't been able to get the newest version of Beryl working properly >with the Nvidia driver. However, you might want to try fixing your >Nvidia driver install before using Beryl. First, you must make sure >X.org can see your Nvidia GLX modules. By default, they are installed in >a different location than where X.org installs them. Assuming your X.org >is install to /usr/local, you can fix it by: >prompt# ln -s /usr/local/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so.1 >/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so.1 >prompt# ln -s /usr/local/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so.1 >/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so >Now, assuming you have graphics/mesa-demos installed, glxinfo will tell >you that direct rendering is enabled. If you test Beryl at this point, >it should partially work. On my machine, I get the effects but the >window manager is messed up beyond belief. >Sincerely, >Dave Grochowski Thanks for the tips....I think I forgot to state in my previous message that latest (from ports) Beryl, Xorg 7.2 and the Nvidia drivers are working just fine and I don't have any issues whatsoever with those. The only issue I had is that I cannot run other OpenGL-based apps while Beryl is running, I am not sure if this is isolated to FreeBSD or if it also affects others running Xorg 7.2/Nvidia driver/Beryl as well. I was just wondering if there was a way around it (i.e. running Beryl and OpenGL-based apps at the same time). Thanks.
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