Another update from the X-funky-and-cool-front: With some Patches from Kristian Høgsberg, I got compiz running with aiglx.

For those who don't know: Compiz is a combined window/composite manager that was released together with xgl earlier this year. aiglx is another approach to get 3D-accelerated Desktops on Linux/Xorg.

I've merged the appropriate (very experimental stuff, big fat warning!) gentoo packages into my overlay. For all non-gentooers: You are on your own, but you can grab Kristian's patches here. Update: Kristian told me that Fedora Rawhide users are also lucky.

You can get it with
svn co http://svn.hboeck.de/xgl-overlay
(It's still called xgl-overlay, although it should probably be named »various-funky-x-stuff« or so, but I was too lazy to rename it)

To install it, check it out like above, put the path into your PORTDIR_OVERLAY-var in make.conf. Then re-merge libdrm, mesa, xorg-server and compiz (all ~x86). You can also merge experimental libcm/metacity-packages (metacity with 3d-effects), therefore add xcomposite to your USE-flags and merge metacity-2.15.5.

To start compiz on aiglx (that means »normal« X):
LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 compiz --replace --strict-binding move resize minimize place decoration wobbly cube rotate scale switcher zoom &
gnome-window-decorator
(replace plugins with anything you want, the LIBGL-var and strict-binding are required for running in aiglx, this should be automatically detected soon)

For metacity use:
USE_WOBBLY=1 metacity --replace

As before, there is still a package for xgl, so you now can try both.

Just a very short note, we managed to finish our gpn5-project for creating an asmsource to find the entry-points of preloaded libraries.
More doc and details to follow, just get it for now: smallelf-0.1.tar.bz2

Erster Rückblick auf zwei bislang recht erfolgreiche Tage GPN5. Nebst einigen netten Begegnungen lief mein Workshop zu Linux & 4k-Intros sehr gut, nach einer Einführung über momentane Methoden auf unterschiedlichen Systemen arbeiteten wir in kleiner Gruppe relativ effektiv und ich geh im Moment davon aus, dass wir bis zum Ende einiges an funktionierendem Code fertig haben.

Mein (gnadenlos überzogener) Lightning-Talk zu XGL & AIGLX kam ganz gut an (Slides ODP, Slides PDF), danach gab es noch einen Haufen anderer recht spannender Vorträge (falls ich es noch richtig zusammenkriegen, Dvorak, Gameboy-Hacking, Cross-Site-Authentication, chinesisches Schach, Webhosting-Anwendungen, Spam in Blogs, qemu).

Gerade Lesung von Daniel Kulla, DON'T SPREAD THE WORD - CUT-UP & CODE!

Achja: Das ganze hier ist erfreulich WM-frei. Fotos gibt's von mir diesmal keine, weil Canon meine Cam gerade auf Garantie repariert.