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Date:      Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:51:56 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org, Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com>
Subject:   Re: desktop effects
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.0908201147210.70885@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <6201873e0908200948j7016ccbfp660820e7892086bf@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <200908200836.55115.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <6201873e0908200651s3b570b91g67c96dbb0527169a@mail.gmail.com> <6201873e0908200948j7016ccbfp660820e7892086bf@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thu, 20 Aug 2009, Adam Vande More wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I'm running freebsd 7.2p3, kde4.3.0, X7.4_2, and using the radeon X
>>> driver.
>>>
>>> I get an error dialog when I enable desktop effects.
>>>
>>> Can anyone enable desktop effects?  I'm wondering if it requires support
>>> in
>>> the X driver and perhaps the ati drivers don't support it yet.
>>
>> You need to enable the appropriate settings within xorg.conf.
>>

[...]

> Section "ServerFlags"
>       Option "AIGLX" "True"
> EndSection

[...]

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

I don't have either of those in my radeon xorg.conf, but composite 
effects in Xfce like window transparency work.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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