On 17/09/2007, Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe I am missing the point .. > > 1) Compiz is not on by default for NVidia > > But if you own an Nvidia card, then there is no compiz by default! > Why do people insist on claiming that there is?
The first time you run X after a clean install of gutsy, it tells you that you can enable restricted drivers for better functionality and offers a dialog to do so -- every new user with an nvidia card will see that, and most will probably choose it. As soon as you do that and reboot, compiz will start causing problems; if you don't do that, you can't use 3D apps with nvidia. If you want to use 3D apps, you have to figure out on your own (no automatic prompts) to go to the System/Preferences/Appearance dialog, choose the "Desktop" tab, and check the "No effects" radio button. That's not intuitive. I agree that this problem will affect only a minority of Ubuntu users -- probably less than 20% -- and that it's nvidia's fault rather than compiz's, but what benefits do we get from defaulting to compiz to offset that problem? Why not make gutsy stable for those users as well? You're not really doing anything useful for the other 80% anyway, aside from a bit of eye candy. All the best, David -- [nvidia-glx] 3D GL apps crash X when using compiz due to unmaked ABI change (gutsy) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130325 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
