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Fedora Core 5 and AIGLX - DONE QUICK !!
Just remember that this is NOT stable software and is based on cvs snapshots. I have had success, as others have too with supported hardware, but i cannot guarantee this software will NOT mess up your workstation. Moreso, i would not consider the use of this software in a work environment as a good idea - something bad *might* happen; user beware. Just remember, it is YOUR choice to make use of this bleeding edge software or not.
This guide will eventually be the successor to the XGL guide; i will not stop you from using the latter, but i will not be building any more updated RPMS for it. AIGLX is the general direction, as far as official; hence, we will follow it now that Nvidia cards are supported too. ;)
Please use the relevant bug tracker to submit bugs, patches, etc; that is, don't send them to me as i am not a developer.
Hint: Beryl, Emerald et al go here:
http://bugs.beryl-project.org/ to submit bugs,
http://wiki.beryl-project.org/index.php/Main_Page and http://forum.beryl-project.org/ to seek help.
Hint: Fedora related stuff go here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/index.cgi to search and submit bugs, etc.
Is your card supported? Click here to check.
LEGEND:
# - run as root, or superuser, ( that is 'su -', not 'su' )$ - run as the unpriviledged user you normally log in with.
| Commands to run | Notes | |
| # | sam-switch x11 | Reset to default x11 if you used the Xgl guide. |
| # | init 3 | |
| ctrl+alt+F1 | switch to virtual console 1 | |
| # | cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ | |
| # | wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/projects/aiglx/aiglx.repo | |
| # | yum --enablerepo=aiglx update | |
| For Nvidia video cards: | Ignore if you have an Ati or Intel card. | |
| # | yum remove xorg-x11-drv-nvidia kmod-nvidia | smp kernel? use: kmod-nvidia-smp |
| http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp | Follow the "BETA Driver" link. | |
| Get the relevant UNIX BETA Drivers | In my case it was this link for the 32 bit driver. | |
| Download the driver and install like, for example: | as root | |
| # | sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9625-pkg1.run | get the 64 bit driver if appropriate. |
| # | /usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig | Run that, reboot then. |
| For ATI video cards: | Ignore if you have an Nvidia card or Intel. | |
| # | yum remove xorg-x11-drv-fglrx kmod-fglrx | smp kernel? use: kmod-fglrx-smp |
| # | yum install xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.1-6.fc5.aiglx | |
| check device driver for xorg.conf: ati, atimisc,r128, OR radeon | ||
| Guide continued for all cards: | ||
| # | rpm -ivh http://www.illawarra.org/linux/sam-repo-aiglx-1.fc5.noarch.rpm | Repo not implemented yet; get manually from: |
| # | http://illawarra.org/linux/FC5-test/ | |
| # | vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf | Or open with your favourite editor. |
| Confirm / modify / add these if they are not already there: | ||
|
Section "ServerLayout" Option "AIGLX" "on" EndSection Section "Screen" DefaultDepth 24 Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" EndSection Section "extensions" Option "Composite" EndSection Section "Device" |
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| Driver "nvidia" | for Nvidia cards | |
| Driver "ati" | or such, for Ati cards | |
| EndSection | ||
| # | :wq | To save changes and exit vim. note the colon! |
| # | reboot | Ignore if you are using nvidia and already rebooted / no changes made. |
| # | yum install beryl-core beryl-plugins beryl-settings beryl-manager emerald emerald-themes | get the rpms from here for now: http://illawarra.org/linux/FC5-test/ |
| # | init 5 | |
| ctrl+alt+F7 | switch back to x11 if needed | |
| $ | beryl-manager | Set up should be complete; you should notice similar effects to that of compiz-quinn. |
| Notice the Beryl Manager icon in the system tray? Have fun! :) | ||
Problems? Success? Let me know.
Credits and references:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject/aiglxhttp://forum.beryl-project.org/
http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?p=615438#post615438