XGL/AIGLX support?

brblueser · 03-07-06, 03:52 PM

Hi,

Both XGL (from Novell) and AIGLX (from RedHat) have been receiving a lot of attention lately, and promise to enhance X11 with some cool effects (some really superfluous IMHO, but some like menu and window shadows are cool). At least AIGLX claims NVIDIA cards are not supported:

"Known not to work:
nVidia: Any. No open DRI driver. Closed driver support coming soon though."

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Render...bc0d1571cface1

Maybe XGL faces similar problems.

Is NVIDIA working to fully support the next generation of X11, whichever it will be?

Best,

Andre

stefan42 · 03-07-06, 04:26 PM

Xgl with compiz was running nicely on my laptop with a Geforce FX 6800 go, but glxinfo showed that many extensions of opengl 1.5 / 2.0 were missing and the renderer string contained something with SGI 1.2 and 2.0 and 1.0.8187 in brackets. Seems as if inside Xgl clients had access to mesa only or something - does anyone know better?

sigmaris · 03-07-06, 05:02 PM

This site explains the operation of Xgl very well: http://principe.homelinux.net/

Forge · 04-14-06, 06:56 PM

GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap needed for AIGLX. Hopefully we'll get it in a few weeks with the refresh, but (hope not) more likely in the next driver, in a few weeks plus four months.

I'll be trying XGL myself over the next few days.

netllama · 04-14-06, 09:51 PM

GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap will not be included in the nvidia X driver until the spec has been finalized. This will most likely occur in the first 1.0-9xxx driver release.

Thanks,
Lonni

nukem · 04-15-06, 02:02 AM

It seems most cards are supported for XGL look at this list. If you want to get it working you can try this howto but its really for Gentoo users.

03-07-06, 03:52 PM	#1
brblueser Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Posts: 88	XGL/AIGLX support? Hi, Both XGL (from Novell) and AIGLX (from RedHat) have been receiving a lot of attention lately, and promise to enhance X11 with some cool effects (some really superfluous IMHO, but some like menu and window shadows are cool). At least AIGLX claims NVIDIA cards are not supported: "Known not to work: nVidia: Any. No open DRI driver. Closed driver support coming soon though." http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Render...bc0d1571cface1 Maybe XGL faces similar problems. Is NVIDIA working to fully support the next generation of X11, whichever it will be? Best, Andre

03-07-06, 04:26 PM	#2
stefan42 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 51	Re: XGL/AIGLX support? Xgl with compiz was running nicely on my laptop with a Geforce FX 6800 go, but glxinfo showed that many extensions of opengl 1.5 / 2.0 were missing and the renderer string contained something with SGI 1.2 and 2.0 and 1.0.8187 in brackets. Seems as if inside Xgl clients had access to mesa only or something - does anyone know better?

03-07-06, 05:02 PM	#3
sigmaris Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4	Re: XGL/AIGLX support? This site explains the operation of Xgl very well: http://principe.homelinux.net/

04-14-06, 06:56 PM	#4
Forge X to the 64th power Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 56	Re: XGL/AIGLX support? GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap needed for AIGLX. Hopefully we'll get it in a few weeks with the refresh, but (hope not) more likely in the next driver, in a few weeks plus four months. I'll be trying XGL myself over the next few days. __________________ Vargr Prime: AMD Opteron 280 *2 \| 4096MB Corsair Value reg/ECC \| GeForce 7950GX2 \| Dual WD Raptor 74GB \| Dual Seagate 320GB 7200.10 \| Samsung/TSST 18X DVDRW \| Chaintech AV-710 \| Thermaltake Armor 8000 \| PCP&C Turbo-Cool 1KW \| Supermicro H8DCE v3.1 \| Logitech X-530 5.1 speakers

04-14-06, 09:51 PM	#5
netllama NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 8,763	Re: XGL/AIGLX support? GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap will not be included in the nvidia X driver until the spec has been finalized. This will most likely occur in the first 1.0-9xxx driver release. Thanks, Lonni

04-15-06, 02:02 AM	#6
nukem Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 226	Re: XGL/AIGLX support? It seems most cards are supported for XGL look at this list. If you want to get it working you can try this howto but its really for Gentoo users. __________________ AMD64 X2 4400, ASUS A8N-SLI Preimium, eVGA nvidia 7800 GT, OCZ Platinum EL-PC3200 2-3-2-5 2gig 200gig WD SATA150, SB Audigy 2 Platinum, Pioneer 108, Dell 2405W, all running on Gentoo Linux ~amd64.

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