Can't get new Beryl settings to take effect on Sabayon 3.3

[Nismobeach]

Hello all.

I have Beryl (version 0.2.1) running (albeit a bit slow) on my IBM Thinkpad T30 (w/ 1GB ram upgrade).

The problem is that when I try to enable new settings in the beryl manager nothing takes effect.

A good example of this is when I try to add a custom skydome or cube cape image and beryl ignores my new settings and defaults to the base configuration. Please help!

BTW: I also have an issue with the very top of the boarder of the windows turning white when they're maximized. It's not a big issue but a solution for that would be appreciated as well.

[faraaz]

Try removing all the other options from the list of .png files listed in the dialog box. I tried it out and my cubecaps were working fine after that!

As for your window problem, I think your emerald theme manager is not loaded properly. Try opening it up and reselecting a theme, and maybe also reloading your window decorator.

What other problems you have?

[Nismobeach]

Try removing all the other options from the list of .png files listed in the dialog box. I tried it out and my cubecaps were working fine after that!

As for your window problem, I think your emerald theme manager is not loaded properly. Try opening it up and reselecting a theme, and maybe also reloading your window decorator.

What other problems you have?

faraaz, thanks for the reply. I just tried removing all options from the list of .png files, but unfortunately Beryl has overridden my commands and has defaulted to its base configuration. I've also tried turning off all settings within Beryl only to have the same result.

With regards to the issue with the white boarder, according to the beryl faq here:
http://forum.beryl-project.org/viewtopi ... =35&t=1500

all I should have to do is modify this file with the included text. Unfortunately I can't seem to find it anywhere in Sabayon's directories.

[faraaz]

Have you checked to see if XGL, DRI and Composite is enabled in your xorg.conf?? IIRC, these are the most common reasons for errors related to Beryl. Also, what drivers do you have installed for your card?? My Sabayon install has the default detected ATI drivers and everything works perfectly fine.

What do you mean Beryl overrides with the default ones? When I said remove everything else, I meant remove EVERYTHING else...you should only see your cubecap in the list!

[Nismobeach]

Have you checked to see if XGL, DRI and Composite is enabled in your xorg.conf?? IIRC, these are the most common reasons for errors related to Beryl. Also, what drivers do you have installed for your card?? My Sabayon install has the default detected ATI drivers and everything works perfectly fine.

I'm not sure how to tell if they're enabled, but here is a copy of my xorg.conf file:

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Section "Files"


    #FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this is an optional section which is used to specify
# which run-time loadable modules to load when the X server starts up.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Module"

    Load   "dbe"
    Load   "i2c"
    Load   "glx"
    Load   "ddc"
    Load   "type1"
    Load   "freetype"
    Load   "extmod"
    Load   "synaptics"
    Load   "vbe"
   Load        "dri"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.  This contains various server-wide Options.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

     Option    "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier      "Synaptics1"
    Driver      "synaptics"
    Option      "SendCoreEvents"   "true"
    Option      "Device"      "/dev/psaux"
    Option      "Protocol"      "auto-dev"
    Option      "HorizScrollDelta"   "0"
    Option      "SHMConfig"      "on"
    # For ALPS TouchPads
    #Option      "MaxSpeed"      "0.7"
    #Option      "MinSpeed"      "0.18"
    #Option      "AccelFactor"      "0.08"
    #Option      "TopEdge"      "120"
    #Option      "LeftEdge"      "120"
    #Option      "BottomEdge"      "830"
    #Option      "RightEdge"      "650"
    #Option      "FingerLow"      "25"
    #Option      "FingerHigh"      "30"
    # Do you keep moving the mouse while typing? Try this trick.
    #synclient TouchpadOff=1 disable your synaptics touchpad
    #synclient TouchpadOff=0 enable your synaptics touchpad
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier   "Keyboard1"
    Driver   "kbd"
   
    Option   "AutoRepeat"   "500 5"
    Option      "XkbModel"   "pc105"
    Option   "XkbLayout"   "us"
    Option      "XkbRules"      "xorg"

EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
  Driver        "wacom"
  Identifier    "wacom1"
  Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
  Option        "Type"          "stylus"
  Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver        "wacom"
  Identifier    "wacom2"
  Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
  Option        "Type"          "eraser"
  Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver        "wacom"
  Identifier    "wacom3"
  Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
                                                      # /dev/input/event
                                                      # for USB
  Option        "Type"          "cursor"
  Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier   "Mouse1"
    Driver   "mouse"

    Option   "Device"   "/dev/psaux"
    Option   "Protocol"   "ImPS/2"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
     
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier   "Mouse2"
    Driver   "mouse"
    Option   "Protocol"   "ImPS/2"
    Option   "Device"   "/dev/input/mice"
    Option    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"

    Identifier   "Generic Monitor"
    #Option      "DPMS"

    VertRefresh 43 - 60
    HorizSync   28 - 80
   
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "VESA"
    Driver      "radeon" # do not remove vesa
    #Option "RenderAccel" "on"
    Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
    #Option "BusType" "PCI"
    #Option "ColorTiling" "on"
    #Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Screen"

# The Identifier, Device and Monitor lines must be present

    Identifier   "Screen 1"
    Device   "VESA"
    Monitor   "Generic Monitor"
    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"

# The favoured Depth and/or Bpp may be specified here

    DefaultDepth 24

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth      8
        ViewPort   0 0
        Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth           16
        ViewPort        0 0
        Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection

    SubSection "Display"
        Depth           24
        ViewPort        0 0
        Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection


EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
# The Identifier line must be present

    Identifier   "Main Layout"
    Screen 0    "Screen 1"
    InputDevice   "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice   "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents"
    #InputDevice "Synaptics1" "SendCoreEvents"
    #InputDevice "wacom1" "SendCoreEvents"
    #InputDevice "wacom2" "SendCoreEvents"
    #InputDevice "wacom3" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
   Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection




If memory serves I had to manually change my video driver from vesa to radeon to get Beryl working initially.

Here is also a copy of my lspci information as well btw:

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1520 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
02:00.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1520 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5416 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless PCI Adapter (rev 01)


What do you mean Beryl overrides with the default ones? When I said remove everything else, I meant remove EVERYTHING else...you should only see your cubecap in the list!

What I meant is that anytime I try to modify any of the default settings in Beryl manager and close out of the window by hitting quit, nothing takes effect. If I go back to the Beryl manager settings window all settings revert back to as if I had never attempted to modify them in the first place.

I also don't see any setting which allows me to remove the other options entirely from the list.

[faraaz]

What is your video card chipset exactly?? IIRC, flgrx is the ATI video driver name...Driver "radeon" # do not remove vesa should read Driver "fglrx" # do not remove vesa...but don't take my word for it, I only got my Beryl working a week ago!

Okay...here's the thing...I'll go back to my Linux box in the evening and see if I can take some screenshots as well as get my xorg.conf file up here for you. If you could give the exact specification of your video card, that would help. Also, if you could take a screenshot of your Beryl Settings Manager when you are trying to change your cubecaps, skydome etc also would help.

Also, as a last resort, have you tried editing the Settings Manager as root? It seems unlikely that this will help because BM doesn't need to be run as root but your problem seems very strange to me.

[Darksurf]

OK your running an ATI X'xxxx' whatever series here. I don't think you want to be using the radeon module for this card. you need to..... (in a root terminal)

layman -S

emerge ati-drivers

eselect opengl set ati

aticonfig --initial

Then restart computer. enable XGL, configure beryl to your liking and restart X or preferable the computer.

That may take care of your problem.

Signed
A really really BIG ATI fan. (now a really really BIG ATI/AMD fan, I always liked AMD better anyway!)

[Nismobeach]

Darksurf,

I've tried what you suggested and here are my (very strange and puzzling) results. I'll divide it into two separate sections.

1.) After following your steps I rebooted my computer and attempted to restart Linux. After booting up I got a message that said that it couldn't find an x server. For some reason my original xorg.conf file had gotten erased and all I had left was an xorg.conf~ file. I renamed xorg.conf~ xorg.conf and changed the driver "radeon" to "ati".

I then rebooted again and thankfully the computer started in X. I then logged into my Sabayon user account and attempted to start XGL. When I did that I got a message that said I had to input my root password to use that feature. I did that, and checked again to see if the settings took effect, but unfortunately it reverted back to the non-XGL setting.

At that point I attempted to start Beryl manually via the icon on the tool bar and I was able to get Beryl to work (basic cube rendering only), but once again it ignores any changes that I try to make to the configuration.

Now when I try to open .jpegs and .gifs with kwick show all I get are plain black boxes with no visible image.

Finally, when I try to run Firefox and comment on the forum (using Javascript? only) my computer is now VERY slow to type. Furthermore when I try to restart X by hitting Ctrl + Alt + Backspace my screen goes blank and all I get is a flashing white cursor.

So I thought I would give things a try in root by rebooting and....

2.) When I first load KDE from logging in as root, it takes an excessive amount of time to open then menu via KDE's window manager. However when I load Beryl everything works fine. Even typing using Javascript in Firefox.

In fact in root (only) I now have 100% control of Beryl and everything works fine, except the previously mentioned issue about kwik show not displaying images correctly.



Strange, but (unfortunately) 100% true. It would seem at the moment my computer is only usable in root. Any additional help would be greatly appreciated in this (bizarre) matter.

[faraaz]

Your xorg.conf is fubar'd ... you still haven't mentioned what your ATI card is...try booting with the Live DVD and see if Beryl works there and/or you still have this problem? If you don't I suggest copying that xorg.conf file and using that.

This SHOULD fix your annoying problem for the moment.