* Daniel Iliev <danny@ilievnet.com> [2006-06-27 10:02]:
> So I have to put the above pkgs in /etc/portage/package.mask
> and do:
> wget -O - http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-packages.txt >>
> /etc/portage/package.keywords
> 
> After these steps I would be able to install Xorg & Xgl & Compiz with
> "emerge -C xorg-x11 /virtual/x11 && emerge -DuNav world"
> and following the instructions in the "Gentoo Xgl Howto" (
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_XGL )
> 
> Is that correct? Because I really hate the idea of loosing another couple of days
> compiling X servers and downgrading to stable after all. ;-(

Not only *can* you have xorg and xgl installed side by side, you *want*
to have xorg available. IME, Xgl+Compiz is nowhere near stable enough
for normal use. I played around with Xgl, following the Xgl howto, about
a week ago, went "ooh! shiny!" then backed out when I couldn't get
compiz to go without crashing for more than about ten minutes with
normal use.

Admittedly, this is based on one snapshot, and maybe some other people's
experiences are better, but it doesn't seem ready yet.

-- 
David Klempner