XGL and NVIDIA

[Tiger683]

And it's strange that some 6xxx-series cards also have "black windows" problem.

I assume it's about the cards that don't show up as OpenGL 2.0 in glxinfo...

Also, i thought if it were worth to make a glue library which simply dlopen()'s and dlsym()'s all symbols exported by nvidia's
library PLUS the needed function from mesa and using it instead... Maybe that would resolve the missing extension problem...

[PMT]

Posting a success story from my GeForce 6800Go-powered laptop. I ended up having to edit the gconf for compiz manually, but otherwise the following startup script [by my friend, who tried this a day before me. ] works perfectly. The only downside is the missing textures in 3D games, but other things (like Mplayer's gl VOs or glxgears) work perfectly.

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#!/bin/sh

 Xgl :1 -accel xv -accel glx:pbuffer &
 sleep 3
 export DISPLAY=:1
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/opengl/nvidia/lib/
 gnome-session &
 sleep 7
 DISPLAY=:1 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/ compiz --replace gconf &
 sleep 7
 DISPLAY=:1 gnome-window-decorator &
 DISPLAY=:1 xbindkeys

[Sm1]

Followed directions on the wiki,

However when launching on :1 (or any screen for that matter)

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supermario@supermario /usr/local/xgl $ DISPLAY=:1 gnome-window-decorator
gnome-window-decorator, Failed to load shadow images

I saw this posted in 2 locked threads, with no solutions posted.
I also heard on #xgl that making this be the only running xserver should resolve, but to no avail for me.

From a quick glance at the source, its a gdk call that kills it. I rebuilt gdk just in case, but still no help.

Any other idears?

[Raffo]

Hi guys... I can't emerge xgl... I got this error:

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 i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I/var/tmp/portage/xgl-20060211/work/Mesa/include -I../X -I../array_cache -I../glapi -I../main -I../math -I../shader -I../swrast -I../swrast_setup -I../tnl -I.. -I../../../hw/xfree86/os-support -DXGLServer -DUSE_MGL_NAMESPACE -D_BSD_SOURCE -DHAS_FCHOWN -DHAS_STICKY_DIR_BIT -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../Xext -I../../../composite -I../../../damageext -I../../../xfixes -I../../../Xi -I../../../mi -I../../../miext/shadow -I../../../miext/damage -I../../../render -I../../../randr -I../../../fb -O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -MT s_span.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/s_span.Tpo -c s_span.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/s_span.o
if /bin/sh ../../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I/var/tmp/portage/xgl-20060211/work/Mesa/include -I../X -I../array_cache -I../glapi -I../main -I../math -I../shader -I../swrast -I../swrast_setup -I../tnl -I.. -I../../../hw/xfree86/os-support   -DXGLServer   -DUSE_MGL_NAMESPACE  -D_BSD_SOURCE -DHAS_FCHOWN -DHAS_STICKY_DIR_BIT   -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../Xext -I../../../composite -I../../../damageext -I../../../xfixes -I../../../Xi -I../../../mi -I../../../miext/shadow  -I../../../miext/damage -I../../../render -I../../../randr -I../../../fb  -O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -MT s_stencil.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/s_stencil.Tpo" -c -o s_stencil.lo s_stencil.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/s_stencil.Tpo" ".deps/s_stencil.Plo"; else rm -f ".deps/s_stencil.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
s_span.c:41:25: s_arbshader.h: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [s_span.lo] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
 i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../include -I/var/tmp/portage/xgl-20060211/work/Mesa/include -I../X -I../array_cache -I../glapi -I../main -I../math -I../shader -I../swrast -I../swrast_setup -I../tnl -I.. -I../../../hw/xfree86/os-support -DXGLServer -DUSE_MGL_NAMESPACE -D_BSD_SOURCE -DHAS_FCHOWN -DHAS_STICKY_DIR_BIT -I../../../include -I../../../include -I../../../Xext -I../../../composite -I../../../damageext -I../../../xfixes -I../../../Xi -I../../../mi -I../../../miext/shadow -I../../../miext/damage -I../../../render -I../../../randr -I../../../fb -O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -MT s_stencil.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/s_stencil.Tpo -c s_stencil.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/s_stencil.o
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xgl-20060211/work/xgl-xorg/GL/mesa/swrast'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xgl-20060211/work/xgl-xorg/GL/mesa'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/xgl-20060211/work/xgl-xorg/GL'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

!!! ERROR: x11-base/xgl-20060211 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1894:   Called dyn_compile
  ebuild.sh, line 941:   Called src_compile 

what should I do??

(Nvidia geforce 4 Mx440)

[maxcow]

what should I do?

The latest hanno overlay has a patch to fix that issue.

[CoronaLover]

w00t!
the black windows bug on older nvidia cards is now fixed!!!
just update to latest glitz

[raaf]

w00t!
the black windows bug on older nvidia cards is now fixed!!!
just update to latest glitz

hi!

what card do u have, and which overlay did u used?

regards
raaf

[CoronaLover]

I have a GeForce2 GTS, I used hanno's latest overlay (I edited the mesa ebuild not to apply the xgl-arbshader-symlink-2.diff patch because it's already included in mesa's CVS)

[CoronaLover]

btw, I have a strange problem, all the fonts in Xgl are bigger then they should be...

[DeeZiD]

Now my geforce2MX200 works with Xgl
And it is as fast as my geforce6600 gt!!!

(Image-quality without DVI is really bad imho )

regards Dennis

EDIT: No problems with fonts here but Xvideo is damn slow.

[kaktyc]

w00t!
the black windows bug on older nvidia cards is now fixed!!!
just update to latest glitz

Wheeeeeee! Oh yeah! It's finally working! Even on my old GF2MX

[CoronaLover]

looks like setting the font size to 10 is like 12 in normal xorg, very wierd...
btw I am using KDE with glxcompmgr untill zack rusin finishes the kde decorator for compiz
Xgl is a little bit slower then normal X and some thing like the KDE control center take ages to draw but I am just happy it's working.
XV is dead slow, opengl output works fine but with artifacts.

[enzobelmont]

w00t!
the black windows bug on older nvidia cards is now fixed!!!
just update to latest glitz

Wheeeeeee! Oh yeah! It's finally working! Even on my old GF2MX

OMG!!! i'm out my home. i'll be back in 8 hours!!!! i'll die waiting to get back!!!!


AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

[enzobelmont]

looks like setting the font size to 10 is like 12 in normal xorg, very wierd...
btw I am using KDE with glxcompmgr untill zack rusin finishes the kde decorator for compiz
Xgl is a little bit slower then normal X and some thing like the KDE control center take ages to draw but I am just happy it's working.
XV is dead slow, opengl output works fine but with artifacts.

use --dpi XX commandline option to restore your desktop dpi




sorry my english...

[Thrain]

@enzobelmont:

and how can I obtain my dpy?

However... now Xgl works on my GeForce2 MX 400 I'm too happy

[mikkoloo]

ok this is really cool. i got it working too. one thing still bugs me tho. whenever i start this, the decorations for the WM disappears. i tried kde and xfce4. is this supposed to happend? what shall i do to have window handles and decorations?

just about this stuff, its freakin amazing stuff....

[enzobelmont]

@enzobelmont:

and how can I obtain my dpy?

However... now Xgl works on my GeForce2 MX 400 I'm too happy

gnome-font-properties then go to details... it shows you the dpi of your gnome desktop, in kde i don't know, but there is an option in a config file (i don't remember)


sorry my english...

[baeksu]

GeForce4 440 works here, finally! I certainly hope everyone else can get their nvidia cards working now too.

[monkeyBox]

I'm having the strangest problem with Xgl. Whenever I run the Xgl command in any shape or form, I get nothing. I just ran the command:

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Xgl :1 -ac -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv

all it does is just sit there with a blinking cursor. Nothing happens. I can't see any errors anywhere. Does anyone know something, anything I can try?

I have a GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP 8x

[enzobelmont]

w00t!
the black windows bug on older nvidia cards is now fixed!!!
just update to latest glitz

me too THANKS hanno

[baeksu]

I'm having the strangest problem with Xgl. Whenever I run the Xgl command in any shape or form, I get nothing. I just ran the command:

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Xgl :1 -ac -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv

all it does is just sit there with a blinking cursor. Nothing happens. I can't see any errors anywhere. Does anyone know something, anything I can try?

I have a GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP 8x

How are you starting Xgl? After Xgl, you should start compiz and gnome-window-decorator (or wm and glxcompmgr).

[monkeyBox]

I'm having the strangest problem with Xgl. Whenever I run the Xgl command in any shape or form, I get nothing. I just ran the command:

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Xgl :1 -ac -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv

all it does is just sit there with a blinking cursor. Nothing happens. I can't see any errors anywhere. Does anyone know something, anything I can try?

I have a GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP 8x

How are you starting Xgl? After Xgl, you should start compiz and gnome-window-decorator (or wm and glxcompmgr).

I'm starting xgl using the command I mentioned above. When I run that command, I don't get an X server on ctrl+alt+f7 or f8 (or any other vt's for that matter). Therefore, I cannot start compiz, gnome-window-decorator, or anything like that without first having the X server running, am I wrong?

[baeksu]

I'm having the strangest problem with Xgl. Whenever I run the Xgl command in any shape or form, I get nothing. I just ran the command:

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Xgl :1 -ac -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv

all it does is just sit there with a blinking cursor. Nothing happens. I can't see any errors anywhere. Does anyone know something, anything I can try?

I have a GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP 8x

How are you starting Xgl? After Xgl, you should start compiz and gnome-window-decorator (or wm and glxcompmgr).

I'm starting xgl using the command I mentioned above. When I run that command, I don't get an X server on ctrl+alt+f7 or f8 (or any other vt's for that matter). Therefore, I cannot start compiz, gnome-window-decorator, or anything like that without first having the X server running, am I wrong?

You have to run Xgl on top of an X server. For instance, to run it from command line, put something like this in your .xinitrc:

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Xgl :1 -ac -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv &
DISPLAY=:1 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/ compiz --replace decoration wobbly fade switcher minimize cube rotate zoom scale move resize place &
sleep 5
DISPLAY=:1 gnome-window-decorator &
DISPLAY=:1 gnome-session

Then start X with 'startx'

[mikkoloo]

do you guys have window decorations with compiz? why is mine gone? :/

[justin82]

I didnt see it mentioned but In here so if it is sry for the question. But what effect does this have on games and such? do any of the extra crap prevent you from gaming? I ask b/c I saw in here that nvidia drivers needed some extra driver installed too i didnt know if that would jack with it or not.