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Beryl is a combined window manager and composite manager written in C using OpenGL to provide acceleration. It is designed to be highly flexible, extensible, and portable, all the while keeping in mind that the users know how they want their desktops to act better than we do. With Beryl the rather esoteric concept of the computer desktop is brought down to a more human level, allowing for a more native and intuitive understanding of your workspace.
Install Beryl in Debian etch
First you need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file to add beryl repositories
deb http://debian.beryl-project.org/ etch main
deb-src http://debian.beryl-project.org/ etch main
Now you need to save and exit the file
Download gpg key using the following command
#wget -O - http://debian.beryl-project.org/root@lupine.me.uk.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
Now you need to update the source list information using the following command
#apt-get update
Install beryl using the following command
#apt-get install beryl-manager emerald-themes
This will install all the required packages for beryl.
Configuring Beryl
Now you need to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and do the following changes
#vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
then added these two lines under the “Screen” section
Option “XAANoOffscreenPixmaps”
Option “AddARGBGLXVisuals” “true”
then added these lines under “Device”
Option “AllowGLXWithComposite” “true”
Option “RenderAccel” “true”
added one line under “Server Layout”
Option “AIGLX” “on”
Finally at the end of the file add these lines
Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “Enable”
EndSection
Now save the file and exit.
You need to reboot your Debian Etch system and now your beryl and nvidia starts working
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November 2nd, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Once again, this howto doesn’t say that setting it up this way will only give you beryl when using gnome. Those using kde still see nothing of beryl this way.
Those using kde should take a look here:
http://www.crongeyer.com/howtos/Beryl-Debian-Etch-HOWTO.html
This explains the extra steps needed to make beryl a session like kde, xfce, and so on.
And for alternative ways to have beryl started:
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=109749
I do wonder why about half of the howto’s on the net instruct to put the Option “XAANoOffscreenPixmaps” and the other(s) in the section screen, while the other half says that those should go in the section device. I used the latter, conform my first link, but it apparently also works when putting it in the other section.
Rody