Install compiz opensuse 10.2

However you'll only have the default plugins loaded, which doesn't include the popular wobbly windows. There are many plugins, and you need to be careful, because some of them depend on the others and the order in which they're loaded is important too.

Here's a list of the available plugins in an order that works:. The above steps are automated by an external graphical tool called opensuse-xgl-settings that you might want to try. However, the software is still very young, and rough around the edges. This page explains what is involved in setting up Xgl on SUSE Linux, and a few of the problems you might encounter while doing so.

Use YaST2 or the Software Updater tool to make sure you have the latest compiz , xgl , xgl-hardware-list , gnome-session and libwnck packages.

A fork of compiz , known as beryl , and its configuration tools is available at beryl-project. A straight forward tutorial on how to install the latest beryl packages is also available. In the buildservice you can also find beta compiz packages and third-party plugins backported from beryl. These are not included in the standard SUSE packages and therefore they may also have bugs that don't exist there.

While most of what is described below will still work with openSUSE Xgl is not activated automatically when you install it. To turn it on, run the "Desktop Effects" control panel. The Desktop Effects tool will analyze your system and attempt to determine whether or not you can run Xgl. If it finds anything wrong, it will advise you on what actions can be taken. The Desktop Effects tool will tell you one of four things:. In some cases, the problems with certain cards may turn out to be due to bugs in Xgl, or bugs in the video drivers, so if you are having problems, make sure you have the latest versions of all the relevant packages.

The next piece of information the Desktop Effects tool provides is whether or not 3D acceleration is enabled on your card. With some cards, this will be enabled automatically. With others, you will need to take special action; the Desktop Effects tool will do its best to help you here. On supported Intel chipsets, enabling 3D acceleration is just a matter of checking a box in SaX2.

If Desktop Effects finds that you don't have 3D acceleration enabled, it will offer to run SaX2 to let you fix it. In the original release of SUSE With more recent packages, the "Run SaX2" button will make the change for you using libsax.

If the Desktop Effects tool sees that you don't have the drivers installed, it will offer to run the Software Update tool to install them for you. On SUSE If the Desktop Effects tool doesn't recognize your video card, it might think that 3D Acceleration is disabled even though you know it's really enabled. Since Desktop Effects won't let you enable Xgl unless it thinks 3D Acceleration is enabled, this can be a problem. To override the autodetected setting for 3D Acceleration, hold down the Shift key and then double-click on the word "Disabled" next to "3D Acceleration".

This started as a test to see how well a normal, default install of the openSUSE In general, almost everything on the laptop worked fine without any special procedures. Extra software and hardware have been added since the initial install: multimedia codecs, Compiz-Fusion, VMware Workstation 6 for Solaris 10 , and a Wacom Intuos3 6x11 Tablet. Everything new has been installed, configured, and runs without any special procedures and does not negatively impact the system.

This notebook is operating under Kernel version 2. So, I'm not really a cutting edge kind of guy and prefer not to play system administrator if it can be avoided. I like a distro that is stable, predictable, and can manage most configuration issues with a GUI interface lazy slob that I am. Download from www.

During the openSUSE install defaults were accepted wherever they were offered. The only things chosen were the timezone and locale preferences. Bluetooth needed a little prodding, and the modem needed a swift kick in the behind, but I don't need the modem.

Bluetooth merely required a nudge from the command line and it has worked properly without intervention since then. YAST Online Update has been performed a few times since the initial install which resulted in at least one update to the Kernel.

It works fine with no surprises. However, the software is still very young, and rough around the edges. This page explains what is involved in setting up Xgl on SUSE Linux, and a few of the problems you might encounter while doing so. Use YaST2 or the Software Updater tool to make sure you have the latest compiz , xgl , xgl-hardware-list , gnome-session and libwnck packages. A fork of compiz , known as beryl , and its configuration tools is available at beryl-project.

A straight forward tutorial on how to install the latest beryl packages is also available. In the buildservice you can also find beta compiz packages and third-party plugins backported from beryl. These are not included in the standard SUSE packages and therefore they may also have bugs that don't exist there.

A new Compiz-Fusion community now works with upstream Compiz, replacing Beryl. Compiz-Fusion community contributes many new plugins and settings tool. While most of what is described below will still work with openSUSE Xgl is not activated automatically when you install it. To turn it on, run the "Desktop Effects" control panel.

The Desktop Effects tool will analyze your system and attempt to determine whether or not you can run Xgl. If it finds anything wrong, it will advise you on what actions can be taken. The Desktop Effects tool will tell you one of four things:. In some cases, the problems with certain cards may turn out to be due to bugs in Xgl, or bugs in the video drivers, so if you are having problems, make sure you have the latest versions of all the relevant packages.

The next piece of information the Desktop Effects tool provides is whether or not 3D acceleration is enabled on your card. With some cards, this will be enabled automatically. With others, you will need to take special action; the Desktop Effects tool will do its best to help you here. On supported Intel chipsets, enabling 3D acceleration is just a matter of checking a box in SaX2. If Desktop Effects finds that you don't have 3D acceleration enabled, it will offer to run SaX2 to let you fix it.

In the original release of SUSE With more recent packages, the "Run SaX2" button will make the change for you using libsax. If the Desktop Effects tool sees that you don't have the drivers installed, it will offer to run the Software Update tool to install them for you. On SUSE If the Desktop Effects tool doesn't recognize your video card, it might think that 3D Acceleration is disabled even though you know it's really enabled.

Since Desktop Effects won't let you enable Xgl unless it thinks 3D Acceleration is enabled, this can be a problem. To override the autodetected setting for 3D Acceleration, hold down the Shift key and then double-click on the word "Disabled" next to "3D Acceleration".

Only do this if you are certain that 3D Acceleration is enabled on your machine. For the record, you can also do this to change its idea of whether or not your video card is supported, but that's even less recommended. If you have a supported or at least, "usable" video card, and have managed to enable 3D Acceleration, then button at the bottom will read "Enable Desktop Effects". Clicking this button will after asking for the root password , configure your machine to use Xgl, and then log you out so it can restart the X server.

If you later decide that you no longer want to use Xgl, you can come back to the Desktop Effects tool and disable it, which will reverse the process. If you try to enable Xgl, but the login screen doesn't come back up successfully for some reason, you can use the command gnome-xgl-switch --disable-xgl as root to disable Xgl from the command line.