Re: Eyecandy for CTS

I got compiz all up and running and I have to say that it's absolutely
breathtaking.  Are there any good screensavers or graphics
demonstrations I might get working before CTS?

Craig

On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 13:55 -0400, Damian Christey wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> There was talk of setting up box to show off some free desktop eyecandy
> at our CTS booth.  And what better way to show off eyecandy than on a
> hardware accelerated X server built on top of OpenGL?  Craig mentioned
> that he had a gaming rig with a fairly new Nvidia card that he might
> volunteer to bring, so this is for his benefit, as well as anyone else
> who wants to see the future of desktop eyecandy for themselves. ;)
> Those who aren't comfortable with bleeding edge unstable X servers can
> watch the videos: http://www.novell.com/linux/xglrelease/
> 
> First you'll need a working install of Ubuntu Dapper.  I upgraded from a
> stable install, you could also install from one the test flights:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/testing .
> 
> Next you'll need the aforementioned X on OpenGL, and a window manger
> that takes advantage its window rendering abilities.  The combination I
> have had the most success with is XGL/Compiz.
> 
> I followed the instructions here:
> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=131267 , up to the point
> where they create a script called "/usr/bin/thefuture".  Instead, I
> created a .xsession file for the user with which I wanted to test
> Compiz, containing the following:
> #!/bin/sh
> # Start compiz window manager
> gnome-window-decorator &
> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa compiz --replace gconf
> &
> gnome-session
> 
> The LD_PRELOAD fixes a bug that prevented Compiz from starting.  You may
> need it if you get an error like: "GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is
> missing".  More information and instructions for other video cards can
> be found here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=148351 .
> 
> Craig, if you would rather borrow an SATA disk for the installation than
> mess around with repartitioning, or run into any problems, stop by my
> office (311 Armstrong Hall) any afternoon this week.
> 
> If anyone else has good eyecandy suggestions, post them to this list!
> 
> Cheers,
>