I have installed Compiz-Fusion on several Ubuntu machines, all different hardware, with KDE. In all of them, the option to shutdown or reset the computer is absent from the KDE logout buttons when running Compiz-Fusion. I have searched google and see that others have this problem, but I do not see a solution. Is there a known solution to this condition? Thanks in advance. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
Dotan Cohen wrote:> I have installed Compiz-Fusion on several Ubuntu machines, all > different hardware, with KDE. In all of them, the option to shutdown > or reset the computer is absent from the KDE logout buttons when > running Compiz-Fusion. I have searched google and see that others have > this problem, but I do not see a solution. Is there a known solution > to this condition?I suspect this is because you are running under Xgl right? KDE probably detects that it's not the only X server running and assumes that that could be another user and so does not give you the option to shutdown. Just a rough idea... not confirmed. Col
On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks. I added the lines to /usr/local/bin/startxgl which now looks like this: > #!/bin/sh > Xgl -fullscreen :1 -ac -br -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:pbuffer & > sleep 4 > export DISPLAY=:1 > > cookie="$(xauth -i nextract - :0 | cut -d ' ' -f 9)" > xauth -i add :1 . "$cookie" > exec startkde > > However, I still don't have the buttons. If it is because of XGL, then > would I be better off running without XGL? I have the ATI X1400 in > this laptop, and I have heard that the proprietary drivers now support > Compiz-Fusion without XGL, but the performance is very bad. Does > anyone know more about the issue? > I have an ATI Mobility X300. Catalyst 8.3 + AIGLX gives pretty good performance with Compiz. So you should remove Xgl and give the latest catalyst a try. That would be the best solution to your problem. And enabling Textured2D and TexturedXrender options doesn't make any noticable difference here. - Erkin
On 09/03/2008, Erkin Bahceci <erkinbah at gmail.com> wrote:> > I have an ATI Mobility X300. Catalyst 8.3 + AIGLX gives pretty good > performance with Compiz. So you should remove Xgl and give the latest > catalyst a try. That would be the best solution to your problem. And > enabling Textured2D and TexturedXrender options doesn't make any > noticable difference here.Thanks, Erkin, but specifically the X1400 is a known problematic card. And other than the shutdown buttons, I have no problems so I'd rather leave well enough alone. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?