Comments on: Even More(bidly) Lazy Compiz http://www.chromakode.com/blog/2006/04/30/even-morebidly-lazy-compiz/ Art, Linux, Fun Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Justin Miller http://www.chromakode.com/blog/2006/04/30/even-morebidly-lazy-compiz/#comment-3 Justin Miller Mon, 01 May 2006 01:37:51 +0000 http://www.chromakode.com/blog/2006/04/30/even-morebidly-lazy-compiz/#comment-3 Great how-to, worked awesome for me during my brief time on Ubuntu ;) Great how-to, worked awesome for me during my brief time on Ubuntu

]]> By: chromakode http://www.chromakode.com/blog/2006/04/30/even-morebidly-lazy-compiz/#comment-4 chromakode Mon, 01 May 2006 03:23:19 +0000 http://www.chromakode.com/blog/2006/04/30/even-morebidly-lazy-compiz/#comment-4 Thanks, Justin! :D Thanks, Justin!

]]> By: Lazy_R http://www.chromakode.com/blog/2006/04/30/even-morebidly-lazy-compiz/#comment-51 Lazy_R Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:09:35 +0000 http://www.chromakode.com/blog/2006/04/30/even-morebidly-lazy-compiz/#comment-51 Thanks for your info! The xgl.compiz.info repository is so much better than the one from Beerkid or the default Ubuntu reo. I have a tip for you too: To run (OpenGL/SDL) games properly while running Xgl, you can use xgame. It's a Perl script to fire up a game in a separate (normal) X session. In Ubuntu you will probably have to run this script as root (with sudo -H, or gksu) Have fun :-) Thanks for your info!
The xgl.compiz.info repository is so much better than the one from Beerkid or the default Ubuntu reo.

I have a tip for you too:
To run (OpenGL/SDL) games properly while running Xgl, you can use xgame. It’s a Perl script to fire up a game in a separate (normal) X session.

In Ubuntu you will probably have to run this script as root (with sudo -H, or gksu)

Have fun :-)

]]> By: Lazy_R http://www.chromakode.com/blog/2006/04/30/even-morebidly-lazy-compiz/#comment-52 Lazy_R Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:10:27 +0000 http://www.chromakode.com/blog/2006/04/30/even-morebidly-lazy-compiz/#comment-52 Oh yeah... ...you can download xgame here: http://freshmeat.net/projects/xgame/ ;-) Oh yeah…
…you can download xgame here:

http://freshmeat.net/projects/xgame/

;-)

]]> By: chromakode http://www.chromakode.com/blog/2006/04/30/even-morebidly-lazy-compiz/#comment-55 chromakode Fri, 09 Jun 2006 01:58:41 +0000 http://www.chromakode.com/blog/2006/04/30/even-morebidly-lazy-compiz/#comment-55 Lazy_R, Excellent! Thank you very much for the tip about xgame -- this is really useful as some non-GL games also seem to display with an improper "add" effect -- I've used the Xnest trick here past, but having an interface to handle launching an auxilliary X server is very handy. I would be careful to add though that until recently, I believe the ATI fglrx driver had a hanging problem when two X servers were launched simultaneously. This seems to have been <a href="https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.25.18.html#180233" rel="nofollow">resolved</a> in the latest version of the driver. :) I've updated the post with your tip. Lazy_R,

Excellent! Thank you very much for the tip about xgame — this is really useful as some non-GL games also seem to display with an improper “add” effect — I’ve used the Xnest trick here past, but having an interface to handle launching an auxilliary X server is very handy. I would be careful to add though that until recently, I believe the ATI fglrx driver had a hanging problem when two X servers were launched simultaneously. This seems to have been resolved in the latest version of the driver.

I’ve updated the post with your tip.

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