oshunluvr Posted February 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaglin Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oshunluvr Posted February 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Update re: fps; I switched from aiglx to xgl and my fps went to over 12500! Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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