AIGLX - Revision history

Thinker: /* Status for ATI graphics chips */ mention radeon, trim non-informative bits, XGL->Xgl

2006-11-15T16:37:50Z

‎Status for ATI graphics chips: mention radeon, trim non-informative bits, XGL->Xgl

Thinker: wikipedia link

2006-11-15T16:34:39Z

wikipedia link

Devhen at 07:48, 15 November 2006

2006-11-15T07:48:44Z

Devhen at 07:47, 15 November 2006

2006-11-15T07:47:36Z

Devhen: Added some very basic info regarding AIGLX and the lack of support for it on ATI video cards and thus many ThinkPads

2006-11-15T07:44:45Z

Added some very basic info regarding AIGLX and the lack of support for it on ATI video cards and thus many ThinkPads

Akw: Stub

2006-06-14T09:14:43Z

Stub

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AIGLX ('Accelerated Indirect GL X') is an open source project founded by the X.Org Foundation and the [[:Category:Fedora|Fedora Core]] Linux community as an effort to simplify graphics rendering through use of modern hardware and software.

* See [[wikipedia:AIGLX|the wikipedia article about AIGLX]]

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 AIGLX ('Accelerated Indirect GL X') is an open source project founded by the X.Org Foundation and the [[:Category:Fedora|Fedora Core]] Linux community as an effort to simplify graphics rendering through use of modern hardware and software.
-AIGLX is being used in many newer distributions such as [http://www.fedoraproject.org Fedora Core 6] to power the latest available desktop eye candy. [[:Xgl|XGL]] is an alternate method being used to produce these desktop effects. AIGLX is generally regarded as the better approach to the situation because it is officially a part of the X.Org environment whereas XGL is a hack that requires running a second X session on top of the first.
+AIGLX is being used in many newer distributions such as [http://www.fedoraproject.org Fedora Core 6] to power the latest available desktop eye candy. [[Xgl]] is an alternate method being used to produce these desktop effects. AIGLX is generally regarded as the better approach to the situation because it is officially a part of the X.Org environment whereas XGL is a hack that requires running a second X session on top of the first.
 * See [[wikipedia:AIGLX|the wikipedia article about AIGLX]]
-== Lack of support on ATI video cards ==
+== Status for ATI graphics chips ==
-At the moment ATI's proprietary video driver for linux ([[fglrx]]) does not support AIGLX though XGL does work. An update to ATI's linux drivers is expected and hoped for soon. Until then many ThinkPad owners will have to wait or use XGL if possible.
+ATI's proprietary X.org driver, [[fglrx]], currently supports [[Xgl]] but not AIGLX. The [[radeon]] driver does offer AIGLX (but does not support the newest ATI chips).
 == See also ==
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIGLX AIGLX] at Wikipedia

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 * See [[wikipedia:AIGLX|the wikipedia article about AIGLX]]
 == Lack of support on ATI video cards ==
 At the moment ATI's proprietary video driver for linux ([[fglrx]]) does not support AIGLX though XGL does work. An update to ATI's linux drivers is expected and hoped for soon. Until then many ThinkPad owners will have to wait or use XGL if possible.
 I encourage anyone with news or information regarding support for AIGLX on ATI video cards to contribute to this page.

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 AIGLX ('Accelerated Indirect GL X') is an open source project founded by the X.Org Foundation and the [[:Category:Fedora|Fedora Core]] Linux community as an effort to simplify graphics rendering through use of modern hardware and software.
-AIGLX is being used in many newer distributions such as [http://www.fedoraproject.org Fedora Core 6] to power the latest available desktop eye candy. [[Xgl XGL]] is an alternate method being used to produce these desktop effects. AIGLX is generally regarded as the better approach to the situation because it is officially a part of the X.Org environment whereas XGL is a hack that requires running a second X session on top of the first.
+AIGLX is being used in many newer distributions such as [http://www.fedoraproject.org Fedora Core 6] to power the latest available desktop eye candy. [[:Xgl|XGL]] is an alternate method being used to produce these desktop effects. AIGLX is generally regarded as the better approach to the situation because it is officially a part of the X.Org environment whereas XGL is a hack that requires running a second X session on top of the first.
 * See [[wikipedia:AIGLX|the wikipedia article about AIGLX]]

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 AIGLX ('Accelerated Indirect GL X') is an open source project founded by the X.Org Foundation and the [[:Category:Fedora|Fedora Core]] Linux community as an effort to simplify graphics rendering through use of modern hardware and software.
-AIGLX is being used in many newer distributions such as [http://www.fedoraproject.org Fedora Core 6] to power the latest available desktop eye candy. [[Xgl]] is an alternate method being used to produce these desktop effects. AIGLX is generally regarded as the better approach to the situation because it is officially a part of the X.Org environment whereas XGL is a hack that requires running another X session on top of the first.
+AIGLX is being used in many newer distributions such as [http://www.fedoraproject.org Fedora Core 6] to power the latest available desktop eye candy. [[Xgl XGL]] is an alternate method being used to produce these desktop effects. AIGLX is generally regarded as the better approach to the situation because it is officially a part of the X.Org environment whereas XGL is a hack that requires running a second X session on top of the first.
 * See [[wikipedia:AIGLX|the wikipedia article about AIGLX]]