[indiana-discuss] svn111 display issues

[Pablo Méndez Hernández]

Hi Alan:

After applying the fix:

$ svccfg -s application/opengl/ogl-select listprop options/vendor
options/vendor  astring  nvidia

I continue having problems with windows spanning both monitors.


Cheers.


On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 16:39, Alan Coopersmith <Alan.Coopersmith at sun.com> wrote:
> Al Slater wrote:
>> Also compiz visual effects won't start.  It looks like the Nvidia GLX
>> extensions are not loading.  Running
>> /lib/opengl/ogl_select/nvidia_vendor_select and restarting gdm fixed
>> that until I rebooted.
>
> Known issue, documented in the build 111 release notes at
> http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=99516&tstart=0 :
>
>> > 6822628 constype returns unexpected value for nvidia card, ogl-select picks
>> > http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6822628
>> >
>> > Systems with NVIDIA graphics have a non-accelerated OpenGL,
>> > rendering Compiz and other 3-D applications inoperable.
>> >
>> > Work-around: Explicitly set the "vendor" property in the
>> > "ogl-select" service and restart the "ogl-select" service
>> >
>> > $ svccfg -s application/opengl/ogl-select \
>> > setprop options/vendor = nvidia
>> > $ svcadm restart application/opengl/ogl-select
>> >
>> > Then, select the "Log Out" menu item from the "System" menu and
>> > log back in again.

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Pablo Méndez Hernández