glxcompgr without Xgl ?

[Luca Dionisi]

On 1/17/06, Matthias Hopf <mhopf at suse.de> wrote:
> > Is it possible to use glxcompmgr without using (and
> > even installing) Xgl ?
>
> Not right now.
<snip>
>
> > When I try to launch glxcompmgr it says something like
> > it needs double buffered visual. What does it mean?
>
> This is basic OpenGL terminology. If you're interested, I suggest
> reading the RedBook:
> http://www.opengl.org/documentation/red_book_1.0/
>

Thanks for the advice. I'm a bit sad :(

Thanks a lot also for the link to the RedBook.

I will wait. In the mean time, are you aware of any other
composite manager that uses OpenGL and maybe faster
than "xcompmgr" in rendering transparent windows?

TIA
Luca