Ok guys, I did the Bery install using this guide: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=488385 When I launched beryl-manager from the terminal I get this error: Beryl system compatibility check * ************************************************** ************ Detected xserver : AIGLX Checking Display :0.0 ... Checking for XComposite extension : failed No composite extension beryl: No composite extension (emerald:6504): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed EDIT:============================================== Ok I got some of this fixed, apparently the cert for one of the updates wasn't available forcing an error. Now when I start Beryl from the terminal with beryl-manager this error appears: (emerald:7074): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed Fatal: Failed test: texture_from_pixmap support Checks indicate that it's impossible to start compiz on your system. Thanks in advance folks.
Beryl continued. Thanks for the response Falko. I did manage to learn something from that post, I ran: glxinfo | grep rendering direct rendering: Yes That looks good, so I ran: glxinfo | grep texture_from_pixmap And got this output: GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method, However when I run: LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 compiz --replace I get this error: Fatal: Failed test: texture_from_pixmap support Checks indicate that it's impossible to start compiz on your system. Hmm, ok now I'm googling this error. ====EDIT===== I suppose I could just buy a legacy video card and install it.
Beryl Success! I know I already posted this but I felt it was worth posting again. After performing a fresh install of Ubuntu 7.04, updating, and following Falkos beryl install guide for ATI I now have Beryl running properly. Thanks so much Falko for a superior tutorial on installing Beryl, job well done.
