FC6 AIGLX nvidia compiz x86_64 -- not quite

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 11/9/06, Phil Meyer <pmeyer at themeyerfarm.com> wrote:
>
> First off, the livna drivers are missing GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array
> which breaks a few things, including cedega.  Can't have that!  I need
> my City of Heroes/Villains! :)
>
> Also with the livna drivers a weird anomoly:
> RandR loads and initializes but xdpyinfo does not show it.
>
> So head on over to the Nvidia Forums, read the announcement (because the
> main driver download page has not been updated yet) and download the driver.
>
> Install it manually, but hey, don't forget to yum install
> xorg-x11-server-sdk.x86_64 first!  Man that one took me an hour to
> figure out!

That's been in the sticky post on the forum since just after FC5 came
out (months ago).

>
> Ok, got it built and got it installed.  City of Heroes/Villains works
> again, whew!
>
> Try desktop effects:
>
> Still no RAND extension!
>
> What the ... ??
>
>  -> grep -i randr /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> (==) RandR enabled
> (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
>
>  -> grep -i aiglx /var/log/Xorg.0.log

aiglx isn't something that would appear in the X log.

>
> nadda (:
>
>  -> xdpyinfo | grep -i randr
>
> nadda :(
>
> Hmmm...
>
> This system was a FC5 UPGRADE from media rather than fresh install.
> AMD64 X2 4200
> 2GB RAM
> GForce 7600GT
> ASUS A8N-SLI MB
>
> Any ideas?

Its not really clear what problem you're trying to solve, other than
grepping for things.  Are you running into a functional problem that
leads you to believe that you need to find randr?


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