FC5 and compiz

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 10/27/06, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 10:39 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> > On 10/27/06, ethericalzen at gmail.com <ethericalzen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:57:58 -0400
> > > Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> took out a #2 pencil and
> > > scribbled:
> > >
> > > > Guys and Gals, I'm getting to information overload here and my
> > > > brain hurts. Is there one definitive site with a step-by-step to
> > > > install FC5 compiz for my GeForce FX 5200? So far I have the
> > > > 1.0-8774 driver version, 128 MB of video memory and it sez Bus
> > > > Type AGP 8X
> > >
> > > Just out of curiosity. Are you trying to get AIGLX working along
> > > with compiz? That will not work without the 9626 nvidia driver. the
> > > 8xxx series doesn't have the GLX component to do the 3d stuff from
> > > AIGLX. If you're just installing compiz, well..yeah there's that
> > > then.
> >
> > See:
> > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=77030
>
> Lonnie, been there.. first it starts off with assumptions that I have
> already done so and so and I'm not sure that I have. A step by step is
> really better, for idiots and dear ole Mum. <grins> My fear is that I'll
> do something half-baked and wind up with a locked machine or something
> equally dreadful.

compiz & beryl are beta software at best, so you're playing with fire
by running them under the bet of circumstances.  If you're concerned
about a locked machine, then you shouldn't even be touching this
stuff.

If you're not clear on the instructions in that nvnews post, then you
should ask on nvnews where the nvidia+compiz experts hang out.

> I have dnloaded the 9626 nvidea driver from nVidia. But with all of the
> caveats in the past against doing so, should I instead try livna and
> yum? I don't want to grab packages willy-nilly and jam them in with a

I don't, but that's just me.

> shoehorn and curses. I have to live with this machine and I'd hate to be
> deprived of my one addiction. (OK, make it second addiction) I want the
> result of this major upgrade to be forever yum upgradable and "approved"
> meaning I can get some form of relief should it blowup anyway.
> And! ...shown how to do eet stepper by stepper, just like a harddrive
> thinks. Thanks for all the work over there at nVidia Lonnie!!! But,
> James made some very basic assumptions that this user would be where he
> is, technologically speaking, and that ain't the case. Ric

What isn't the case?

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