making the compositor work?

Net Llama! netllama at linux-sxs.org
Sun Nov 28 06:25:25 CET 2004


On 11/27/2004 09:25 PM, Sami Samhuri wrote:
> * On Sat Nov-27-2004 at 10:02:22 AM -0800, Net Llama! said:
> 
>>I built xfwm4 (from RC1) with the compositor option, however i can't 
>>figure out how to make it work, in terms of transparency.  i added the 
>>relevant section to xorg.conf, and i'm seeing the drop shadows, but i'm 
>>more interested in transparency than shadows.  am i missing something?
> 
> 
> And if you have an nvidia card, be sure to add this to the Device
> section for your card:
> 
>     Option  "RenderAccel"   "true"
> 
> I just discovered this today. It's nice to have such a quick, light,
> user-friendly desktop with this level of eye candy.

I assume this option requires the nvidia driver instead of the xorg?


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