Aiglx an Fedora
Installing Aiglx
Presently, metacity with the accelerated compositing manager is available in Rawhide.
Packages for FC-5 are available from this location:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/projects/aiglx/
There's a aiglx.repo config file that you can drop into /etc/yum.repos.d and then do
yum --enablerepo=aiglx update
to pull the aiglx packages.
To turn on the compositing manager, type:
gconftool-2 -s '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' --type bool true
or navigate to and set the /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager key in gconf-editor.
Also, make sure you have something like
Section "extensions" Option "Composite" EndSection
in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Adding Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" to the "Device" section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf will also give you increased performance.
Some options like page-flipping may make things not work very well.
Stopping the bling
To change metacity to run without the compositing manager,run:
gconftool-2 -s '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' --type bool false
Turn the Service on and Off with a Right Click
Open a terminal and type
gedit ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/aiglx
Add the following text below
#!/bin/bash title="Aiglx Service" zenity --question --text "Do you want to turn On or Off the AIGLX Service? Yes=On / Cancel=Off" --title="$title" if [ "$(echo $?)" == "1" ] #They clicked "no" then # Turn off the AIGLX Service gconftool-2 -s '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' --type bool false else gconftool-2 -s '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' --type bool true fi
Save the file Now open ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts folder and make the script executable, Right click the file and choose Properties. Select the Permissions tab and check execute for Owner. Close Nautilus and right click the Desktop. You should now have a new menu option named Scripts. Selecting AIGLX and answer the question. Note: [Zenity doesn't have a yes/no option as of now. Zenity is included in your Fedora Core installation.
Diego Torres Milano has a python implementation of the dialog box that has Yes and No buttons:
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import gtk
import gconf
q = gtk.MessageDialog(type=gtk.MESSAGE_QUESTION,
buttons=gtk.BUTTONS_YES_NO)
q.set_markup('Do you want to turn ON the AIGLX Service ?')
gconf.client_get_default().set_bool(
'/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager',
(q.run() == gtk.RESPONSE_YES))
which can be installed in the nautilus script folder in a similar way.