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Bug#390814: please remove --strict-binding --indirect-rendering from compiz wrapper



* Vincent Ho wrote:
> Package: compiz
> Version: 0.0.13+git20060928-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> I'm using compiz with the binary NVidia drivers.  At this HOWTO page for
> getting compiz to work with the current version[1], it says you don't
> need to use --indirect-rendering (and in fact, that it limits the number
> of extensions exposed by the driver).  Instead, the page suggests simply
> starting with "compiz --replace --use-cow gconf".  For those of us who
> aren't using AIGLX in stock Xorg drivers, would it be possible to remove
> --strict-binding --indirect-rendering from the wrapper script?
> 
> To be honest I'm not really sure why the wrapper is present at all, and
> perhaps it should be renamed compiz-wrapper instead of renaming the
> binary to compiz.real.

The wrapper is present so that people won't have to write their own wrappers.
I am totally open to suggestions to add code to the wrapper, though.

If you are running the binary nvidia drivers, can you please post the output
of the following command:

  $ glxinfo | grep renderer

That'd help me figure out what code to add to the wrapper to make it detect
the nvidia driver.

 - Thierry

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