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Re: xorg transparency and shadows




--- "Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)"
<jean.luc.coulon@gmail.com> wrote:

> Le 19.10.2005 15:00:37, Mike Dobbs a écrit :
> > I think there are numerous problems with transset
> and family right  
> > now, that is why it's not in debian.
> > run glxgears, if your not getting framerates above
> 50, your video  
> > card either not 3d or the proper driver isn't
> supported.  See nvidia,  
> > ATI, preferably nvidia.
> 
> I have an ATI radeon 9250 (the latest on with open
> source drivers).
> With a rate of about 900+, the transparency is
> *very* slow.
> 
> I tried to use fglrx but didnt manage to load the
> module.
> 
> So ATI doesnt seem to be the good choice for
> transparency... for the  
> moment. But as transparency is not a need for me, I
> run without it.

My choice was Nvidia fx5200 before ATI 9250, since
nvidia has better support for composite. I suppose
this is why nvidia is faster than ati cards.

> 
> More, the Composite option should be disabled in
> xorg.conf if you dont  
> want xmms to crash when running double sised and
> without this option  
> there is no chance to have transparency to work (or
> at least I didnt  
> manage to get it)
> 
> Jean-Luc
> 





	
		
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