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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