[Dapper] Xgl : doesn't use H/W rendering ?

[Sasha Tsykin]

Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 18:32 +1100, Sasha Tsykin wrote:
>   
>> Not at all. If you use nvidia-glx-config enable command it configures 
>> Xorg not to use Dri, so the Nvidia driver works
>>     
>
> Ah yes... nvidia-glx-enable ... never worked for me ! :o(
> So I must do it by hand. I simply comment out the "DRI" driver at the
> top of xorg.conf (but am unsure of what to do with the 3 DRI related
> lines at the very bottom of the file, though).
> But that doesn't do it (used to, though, in Hoary).
>
> Or does nvidia-glx-enable do some more magic that I am missing, and it
> would be worth trying to get it to work ?
>
> Still, I am amazed at how smooth the effects are, despite the total lack
> of H/W acceleration. The only bit that's not smooth, is when handling
> video playback, of course... 
>
> --
> Vince
>   
It does do some more "magic." ;) It causes the Nvidia driver to be 
loaded automatically at boot among other things. However, with regard to 
the DRI lines at the bottom of xorg.conf, ignore them. They do not come 
into play unless dri is enabled, which it is not if you uncomment teh 
dri line. To get an Nvidia card working in Dapper, there is a simple 
fix. Install the binary drivers fromt eh nvidia website, then install 
nvidia-glx. In earlier Ubuntus this would break the graphics driver. In 
Dapper this is the only way to get it to work. This is the method I 
used. I hope it works for you.

Sasha