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Date:      Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:44:07 -0500
From:      Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org, Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com>
Subject:   Re: desktop effects
Message-ID:  <6201873e0908201144n6cc64cabqe79fee29c197a2df@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0908201147210.70885@wonkity.com>
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On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:

> 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.

This is also true for me under 7.2(untested elsewhere).

>
>
> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
>

I wasn't able to use kde4 compositing manager until they were there.
compiz* may have different requirements as well.


-- 
Adam Vande More



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