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So this week I tried new latest release of PCLinuxOS - 2007 test release 2. The full release is supposed to be out next month.For those who don't know, PCLinuxOS is a simplified version of Mandriva. This made it very easy for me to install and setup. I comes with compiz/beryl and installed almost flawlessly for a d/l'd live cd.

 

The first thing I noted is the packaged version of beryl is the absolute latest version - 1.999 vs. Mandriva and openSUSE using v. 1.4.

 

I haven't tried - but it may be possible to using the PCLinuxOS beryl packages on a Mandriva 2007 install.

 

The net result is everything installed and when I activated beryl it works without problem. I went from 7300fps to 5300fps, but that's acceptable. Also, I'm still tweaking my xorg.conf

 

GOWATOR: Remember I am using dual monitor twinview!

 

I have the spinning cube desktop, wobbly windows, minimize and maximize "snake" on and off the taskbar, window decorations no problem ( Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "1" - required for this!!!).

 

Another really nice thing is after the package install - the cube has top and bottom wallpaper already in place and all the most popular settings "set". The beryl-manager works great and looks much cleaner than previous versions.

Here's my xorg.conf so far:

# File generated by XFdrake (rev 57713)

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"
# font server independent of the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"

EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite"  ---This I need to remove!
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
Load "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse2"
Driver "evdev"
Option "product" "0x008c"
Option "HWheelRelativeAxisButtons" "7 6"
Option "vendor" "0x045e"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Plug'n Play"
ModelName "DELL 1905FP"
HorizSync 30.0-80.0
VertRefresh 60.0-60.0
Option "UseEdidDpi" "False"
DisplaySize 650 260  #needed for 100 DPI fonts
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "False"
# Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 64.0 kHz hsync, ratio 5/4)
ModeLine "1280x1024" 108 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576"	 50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630
# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576"	 63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "BFG 6600gt oc agp"
Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "3"
Option "CursorShadow"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "Backingstore" "true"
Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "3"
Option "HWcursor"
Option	  "CoolBits" "1"
Option	  "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option	  "RandRRotation" "1"
Option	  "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "1"   --- I thought this should be here
Option	  "DisableGLXRootClipping" "1"
Option	  "TripleBuffer" "1"
Option "TwinView" "true"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30.0-80.0"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1280x1024; 1280x1024; 1024x768,1024x768; 1024x768; 800x600,800x600; 800x600"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60.0-60.0"
Option "CoolBits" "1"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "32"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"  --- I read this should be here
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 8
	Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 15
	Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 16
	Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 24
	Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group	  "video"
Mode	   0660
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection

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Here is mine :

Like you I am using an Nvidia card so a bit of fiddling was involved.

It all works, the only thing is that my "cube" is a hexgone or even octagone : I have 2 desktops on kde only but 6 appear on the 3d shape -> the 6 desktops plus base and top makes it eight!

I don t think I did anything special to get that.

I wish I could show you but strangely enough istanbul does not seem to run on my 2007 mandriva, I get :

 

[stephane@linux-box ~]$ istanbul
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/bin/istanbul", line 30, in ?
from istanbul.main import main
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/istanbul/main/main.py", line 33, in ?
from istanbul.main.gconf_client import GConfClient
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/istanbul/main/gconf_client.py", line 19, in ?
import gconf
ImportError: No module named gconf
[stephane@linux-box ~]$

 

# File generated by XFdrake (rev 57713)

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"
# font server independent of the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"

# minimal fonts to allow X to run without xfs
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse2"
Driver "evdev"
Option "product" "0x0006"
Option "vendor" "0x0002"
Option "HWheelRelativeAxisButtons" "7 6"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "1024x768 @ 60 Hz"
HorizSync 31.5-48.5
VertRefresh 50-70

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576"	 50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576"	 63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia Corp."
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPMS"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 8
	Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 15
	Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 16
	Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 24
	Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection

Otherwise I have dimmed a bit the opacity of the desktops and the result is just wonderful, I never had such a perfect install as it is now (I "fiddle" a bit too much most of the time in an "act first then think" fashion...).

 

I wonder what the next version of beryl will bring, ASAIK the only thing missing is a hologram of my desktop star-trek like on my ceiling!

 

Goog day to all!

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