Compiz Fusion?

[dragoran]

Alphonse Van Assche wrote:
> Hikaru Amano a écrit :
>   
>> some cards doesnt require the env export (eg: nvidia) .. and for
>> fglrx, it require a LD_PRELOAD to a library file from fglrx driver
>> package instead (I heard XGL no longer required .. I dont have any ati
>> cards , couldnt test it) ..
>>
>> ref: http://forums.opencompositing.org/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=758#p6439
>>     
>
> To make this working compiz need to use texture copy instead of
> texture_from_pixmap method[1] (because of the fact the fglrx driver
> don't have support for texture_from_pixmap). That functionality can be
> ported from beryl. Maybe a little patch to compiz must applied too[2]
>
> If that's doable, I could happily forgot that nightmare Xgl review ;-)
>
>   
that should be done upstream but I doubt that david would merge this in 
compiz-core ...
is it possible to do it as a plugin? create any required hocks to compiz 
and send that patch upstream.
> [1] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2007-June/002448.html
> [2] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2007-June/002446.html
>
> Alphonse
>
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