2007/11/07

Ati 8.42.3 + Compiz + openSuse 10.3 x64 How-To

This is how i did
1. Install the drivers and composite-fusion from repositories. Also install emerald, fusion icon and compiz-manager

2. Open a root terminal and enter
aticonfig --initial -f
and
aticonfig -ovt Xv

3. execute
mv /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1.2.old
ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib64/libGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1.2
For 32 bit users
mv /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2.old
ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2

4. go to
/etc/X11
open
xorg.conf
add in section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "True"
and in section "Extensions"
Option "DAMAGE" "True"
Option "Composite" "True"

5. Goto
/usr/bin/
and type
kwrite compiz-manager
add fglrx in
# Driver whitelist
WHITELIST="fglrx nvidia intel ati radeon i810"
add --no.libgl-fallback in
COMPIZ_OPTIONS="--no-libgl-fallback --ignore-desktop-hints --replace"
and add
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib64
after
# Execution begins here.

6. rebbot

if you got no window borders it's because its not working, try on a terminal
mv /usr/lib64/libIndirectGL.so.1 /usr/lib64/libIndirectGL.so.1.old
or
mv /usr/lib64/libIndirectGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib64/libIndirectGL.so.1.2.old
and reload compiz
To disable Compiz, right click on fusion icon then Select Window Manager > Kwin


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