xgl & compiz on debian unstable

The General · 04-16-2006, 08:26 PM

i want to get this working, and the ubuntu "how to's" arent really helping... well they help but it doesnt want to work.

my system:

athlon 64 X2 3800+
dfi lanparty sli-dr
geforce 7800GT
2gb OCZ platinum

debian unstable 32bit
2.6.16-1-k7-smp

i added the dapper ubuntu sources to my /etc/apt/sources.list and apt-get installed what this how to said.. actually i followed this how to exactly, maybe someone can tell me what i did wrong

http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=916

that one didnt work so i tried this one:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=131267

just some questions i have: is xserver-xgl my xserver, or am i still using xorg? what is compiz in relation to xgl? the kororaa live CD with XGL works perfectly on my computer so i know my hardware isnt incompatible, i just cant quite figure this out

TIA

The General · 04-16-2006, 09:46 PM

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XglHowto

i just found that, it looks promising. im not at my computer right now, but ill try it when i get home. any one have any thoughts on this? will i need to do anything different because im using debian and not ubuntu? while i realize they are about the same distro, there are some things that are different and i dont know how to translate ubuntu how tos into debian how tos if you know what i mean

04-16-2006, 08:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
The General Banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,205	xgl & compiz on debian unstable i want to get this working, and the ubuntu "how to's" arent really helping... well they help but it doesnt want to work. my system: athlon 64 X2 3800+ dfi lanparty sli-dr geforce 7800GT 2gb OCZ platinum debian unstable 32bit 2.6.16-1-k7-smp i added the dapper ubuntu sources to my /etc/apt/sources.list and apt-get installed what this how to said.. actually i followed this how to exactly, maybe someone can tell me what i did wrong http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=916 that one didnt work so i tried this one: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=131267 just some questions i have: is xserver-xgl my xserver, or am i still using xorg? what is compiz in relation to xgl? the kororaa live CD with XGL works perfectly on my computer so i know my hardware isnt incompatible, i just cant quite figure this out TIA

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04-16-2006, 09:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
The General Banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,205	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XglHowto i just found that, it looks promising. im not at my computer right now, but ill try it when i get home. any one have any thoughts on this? will i need to do anything different because im using debian and not ubuntu? while i realize they are about the same distro, there are some things that are different and i dont know how to translate ubuntu how tos into debian how tos if you know what i mean