August 2008 Archives

Not really stated anywhere obvious, but apparently Xgl isn't the preferred mechanism for all the special effects in Xorg post 7.1, it's AIGLX that you should be using. It's integrated too :)
So after wasting a lot of time trying to get the nvidia driver working properly with XGL after the latest updates I just searched the docs here, there and everywhere and finally picked up on the 'just use AIGLX' vibe.
Maybe I should be reading the release notes... or are they in the release notes at all? I managed to survive gutsy and hardy without changing over to AIGLX and it still worked, so I may just have missed this in the notes somewhere.

Sitting in the Galway Hooker bar, having a pint waiting until my train starts boarding.
Using an Acer Aspire One laptop, running Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex and my USB 3g data dongle.
It's actually usable. It may be small, but it's cabable.
Oh, and it looks like my train is boarding. At least I have a seat reserved so I don't need to queue with the other folks.