Package: compiz-core Version: 0.2.0-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Please add something similar to the attached patch to the compiz wrapper script so that Xgl can be used, since this solution is currently more stable for users of nVidia graphics cards.
Thank you -- Adonikam Virgo
--- compiz-0.2.0.orig/debian/compiz.wrapper 2006-10-16 16:42:10.000000000
+0100
+++ compiz-0.2.0/debian/compiz.wrapper 2006-10-16 16:25:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
COMPIZ_OPTIONS="--strict-binding --use-cow"
COMPIZ_PLUGINS=""
+COMPIZ_LD_PRELOAD=""
# if the GLX implementation is not by NVIDIA, use indirect rendering
/usr/bin/glxinfo | grep "client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation" >
/dev/null 2>&1
@@ -19,6 +20,14 @@
COMPIZ_PLUGINS="$COMPIZ_PLUGINS gconf"
fi
-# always load the gconf plugin
-/usr/bin/compiz.real $COMPIZ_OPTIONS "$@" $COMPIZ_PLUGINS
+# use mesa library if Xgl is running
+if ps -C Xgl > /dev/null; then
+ if [ -f /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa ]; then
+ COMPIZ_LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa"
+ elif [ -f /usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa ]; then
+ COMPIZ_LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa"
+ fi
+fi
+# always load the gconf plugin
+LD_PRELOAD=$COMPIZ_LD_PRELOAD /usr/bin/compiz.real $COMPIZ_OPTIONS "$@"
$COMPIZ_PLUGINS
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