[Bug 223063] cannot use OpenGL -- XRender only

[Tim]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=223063


Tim <tim.klassen at gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED




--- Comment #11 from Tim <tim klassen gmail com>  2010-01-19 02:39:44 ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> The geforce4 cards are old, but with the legacy driver they do support
> Compositing. I use the legacy 96.43 driver on an GeForce4 MX intergrated GPU,
> and have compositing working(KDE 4.3).
> 
> But as as I recall, setting up the xorg config required some tries. I do not
> remember how I got it working on my xorg version, but you may get some hints
> from this. From my xorg.conf I have the following:
> 
> In section "Screeen"
>     Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
>     Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
>     Option         "RenderAccel" "true"
> 
> Section "Extensions"
>     Option         "Composite" "on"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>     Load           "dbe"
>     Load           "freetype"
>     Load           "extmod"  
>     Load           "glx"     
> EndSection

SUCCESS!!  Thanks Knuts and all for your suggestions...  I still have some
tweaking to do, as I don't know if all these settings are needed (so it will be
trial and error).  I would welcome any suggestions on how to modify the below
xorg file:
-----------------------------
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildmeister at builder62)  Mon Nov  9 06:18:37
PST 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Acer X193W"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     55.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce4 MX 4000"
    Option         "UseEDIDFreqs" "false"
    Option         "NoEDIDModes" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "metamodes" "1440x900_75 +0+0; nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "true"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "on"
EndSection

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