Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:18:18 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> To: wizlayer@gmail.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: beryl on freebsd Message-ID: <46D3BE2A.7080309@math.arizona.edu> In-Reply-To: <200708272057.51610.wizlayer@gmail.com> References: <46C461E3.40905@cupid.com> <46C46807.4000409@cs.okstate.edu> <200708272057.51610.wizlayer@gmail.com>
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Michael Hauber wrote: > On Thursday 16 August 2007 11:06:47 am Reid Linnemann proclaimed: > >> Written by Dan Sikorsky on 08/16/07 09:40>> >> >> >>> Is this guide OK? >>> even if i dont have an nvidia chipset? >>> http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-47986.html >>> >> Well, you don't need to use git to fetch the xorg code, xorg 7.2 is now >> in ports. Since you won't be using the nvidia driver, you don't need >> compat_5x enabled. I didn't need to enable any options in the Screen >> section with my i845, but I did need options "composite" and "RENDER" >> enabled in the Extensions section. >> > > I know this thread is a little dated, but this is the link I used as a > reference while trying to get beryl working with kde on my laptop... > > I'm running KDE 3.5.7 on xorg 7.2 on FreeBSD 6.2-Stable. > > dmesg yields: > drm0: <ATI Radeon LW RV200 Mobility 7500 M7> port 0x3000-0x30ff mem > 0x48000000-0x4fffffff,0x40300000-0x4030ffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on pci1 > info: [drm] AGP at 0x60000000 256MB > info: [drm] Initialized radeon 1.25.0 20060524 > > The only difference is that I'm trying to get it to work with the KDE desktop > rather than the Gnome desktop. > > I've followed the steps in the link. When I try to load Beryl however, I get > a light-grey screen. I can rotate the cube, but it's all grey (except for > the "gems" at the top and bottom). > > I'm perplexed, but I don't think it's a problem with Beryl (because of the > rotation and the gems displaying at top and bottom of the cube)... Is there > a trick to get beryl to work with KDE on FreeBSD? > > Thanks, > > Mike > You should post this question on PC-BSD forums since PC-BSD 1.4 uses Beryl as a default window manager on the KDE desktop. Installing PC-BSD would be also the quickest and easiest way to get fully functional KDE with Beryl as a window manager. Have fun Predrag
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