[gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64

[gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64

[Mark Knecht]

Hi,
   I'm just wondering about how well beryl from portage works on AMD64
right now. I run Gnome. Beryl looks like fun but does it provide any
advantages over running whatever comes with Gnome? (metacity?)

Thanks,
Mark
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RE: [gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64

[David Pyke]

It runs fine on my system.  I have an NVIDIA card and run it with AIGLX to
avoid the black window bug.

The only advantage is it looks pretty.  There's no real benefit to using it.


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Re: [gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64

[Mark Knecht]

Thanks David.

I notice that many/most folks who have talked about it seem to run
NVidia. I have an ATI. Any reason you know why it won't run, or won't
run well, on ATI? I'm using the ATI driver form the kernel. Does its
lack of 3D acceleration rule out beryl?

Thanks,
Mark

On 2/6/07, David Pyke <dpyke@researchdimensions.com> wrote:
> It runs fine on my system.  I have an NVIDIA card and run it with AIGLX to
> avoid the black window bug.
>
> The only advantage is it looks pretty.  There's no real benefit to using it.
>
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RE: [gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64

[David Pyke]

I haven't personally tried it but there are a few threads on the forums that
say it's possible.  It will likely be slower than fglrx but give it a shot.

This thread should give you pointers.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-533752-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc
-highlight-.html 

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From: Mark Knecht [mailto:markknecht@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 1:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64

Thanks David.

I notice that many/most folks who have talked about it seem to run NVidia. I
have an ATI. Any reason you know why it won't run, or won't run well, on
ATI? I'm using the ATI driver form the kernel. Does its lack of 3D
acceleration rule out beryl?

Thanks,
Mark

On 2/6/07, David Pyke <dpyke@researchdimensions.com> wrote:
> It runs fine on my system.  I have an NVIDIA card and run it with 
> AIGLX to avoid the black window bug.
>
> The only advantage is it looks pretty.  There's no real benefit to using
it.
>
>
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64

[Dieter Ries]

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Am Dienstag 06 Februar 2007 19:28 schrieb Mark Knecht:
> Thanks David.
>
> I notice that many/most folks who have talked about it seem to run
> NVidia. I have an ATI. Any reason you know why it won't run, or won't
> run well, on ATI? 

It's just way easier if you have an NVIDIA Card. The ~amd64 Nvidia Drivers 
bring the right features with them, so you don't need any changes in your X 
System. With nvidia its just two lines in Xorg.conf and an "emerge beryl", 
and it works.

> I'm using the ATI driver form the kernel. Does its 
> lack of 3D acceleration rule out beryl?

I don't think this should be a problem.

>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64

[Stephan Lorsbach]

Hi,

I tried it, but it doesn't work for me.
So I using beryl with the closed-source ATI-driver and Xgl.
Take a look at http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_XGL

Greets,
Stephan

Am Dienstag, 6. Februar 2007 schrieb "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com>:
> Thanks David.
>
> I notice that many/most folks who have talked about it seem to run
> NVidia. I have an ATI. Any reason you know why it won't run, or won't
> run well, on ATI? I'm using the ATI driver form the kernel. Does its
> lack of 3D acceleration rule out beryl?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> On 2/6/07, David Pyke <dpyke@researchdimensions.com> wrote:
> > It runs fine on my system.  I have an NVIDIA card and run it with AIGLX
> > to avoid the black window bug.
> >
> > The only advantage is it looks pretty.  There's no real benefit to using
> > it.
> >
> >
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64

[Cermelo Woodgett]

I'm running Beryl on an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M. I installed with
Sabayon and with a little tweaking I got it running. Look on the
Sabayon forums for it.

On 2/6/07, Stephan Lorsbach <stephan@klm.ath.cx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried it, but it doesn't work for me.
> So I using beryl with the closed-source ATI-driver and Xgl.
> Take a look at http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_XGL
>
> Greets,
> Stephan
>
> Am Dienstag, 6. Februar 2007 schrieb "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com>:
> > Thanks David.
> >
> > I notice that many/most folks who have talked about it seem to run
> > NVidia. I have an ATI. Any reason you know why it won't run, or won't
> > run well, on ATI? I'm using the ATI driver form the kernel. Does its
> > lack of 3D acceleration rule out beryl?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
> >
> > On 2/6/07, David Pyke <dpyke@researchdimensions.com> wrote:
> > > It runs fine on my system.  I have an NVIDIA card and run it with AIGLX
> > > to avoid the black window bug.
> > >
> > > The only advantage is it looks pretty.  There's no real benefit to using
> > > it.
> > >
> > >
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64

[Gary E. Miller]

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Yo Dieter!

On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Dieter Ries wrote:

> It's just way easier if you have an NVIDIA Card. The ~amd64 Nvidia Drivers
> bring the right features with them, so you don't need any changes in your X
> System. With nvidia its just two lines in Xorg.conf

Care to enlighten me on which two lines?  I already use the amd64 Nvidia
drivers.

> and an "emerge beryl",

Not quite, to get beryl to build I had to add these to my
/etc/portage/package.keywords:

=x11-wm/beryl-0.1.4 ~amd64
=x11-wm/emerald-0.1.4 ~amd64
=x11-wm/beryl-core-0.1.4 : ~amd64
=x11-plugins/beryl-plugins-0.1.4 ~amd64
=x11-plugins/beryl-dbus-0.1.4 ~amd64
=x11-themes/emerald-themes-0.1.4 ~amd64
=x11-misc/beryl-manager-0.1.4 ~amd64
=x11-apps/xlsclients-1.0.1 ~amd64
=x11-misc/beryl-settings-0.1.4 ~amd64


RGDS
GARY
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64

[Gary E. Miller]

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Yo Dieter!

On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Gary E. Miller wrote:

> > It's just way easier if you have an NVIDIA Card. The ~amd64 Nvidia Drivers
> > bring the right features with them, so you don't need any changes in your X
> > System. With nvidia its just two lines in Xorg.conf
>
> Care to enlighten me on which two lines?  I already use the amd64 Nvidia
> drivers.

Never mind.  It is all here:
	http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/Install_Beryl_on_Gentoo

RGDS
GARY
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64

[Tony Sperling]

There is a pretty large ATI community over at Sabayon
(http://www.sabayonlinux.org) most have given up on XGL there, it seems, and
moved over to AIGLX - I'm on nVidia myself, and for me it is mostly stable.
There's a Wiki and an active Forum with a useful Tutorial section, almost
all tech stuff ends up pointing back at Gentoo, so you shouldn't have to
expect any Paradigm Changes!

Tony. . .


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From: "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: <gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] beryl on AMD64


> Thanks David.
>
> I notice that many/most folks who have talked about it seem to run
> NVidia. I have an ATI. Any reason you know why it won't run, or won't
> run well, on ATI? I'm using the ATI driver form the kernel. Does its
> lack of 3D acceleration rule out beryl?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> On 2/6/07, David Pyke <dpyke@researchdimensions.com> wrote:
> > It runs fine on my system.  I have an NVIDIA card and run it with AIGLX
to
> > avoid the black window bug.
> >
> > The only advantage is it looks pretty.  There's no real benefit to using
it.
> >
> >
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