Dennis Sedov Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 I see what you're saying! Just dont forget we live in 21st century. You don't loose any of the "linux feel" from using Gnome\KDE. However, from what you're saying you might not need any of the usablity of those Desktops and might as well stay with less heavier managers. This is probably very true, however (in my particular case, I don't speak generally) there are two reasons for not wanting Gnome/KDE:1. The technical/practical one: as I stated, I want to use linux only (or mainly) for Houdini stuff. So all the services offered by a complete desktop environment are of little use to me, even more, they get in the way. I'd also want the system to be as snappy as possible when it comes to Houdini. Even if it's OK to run Gnome, if I can get even more performance with Fluxbox, then I'm happier. 2. The subjective one: if I'm gonna use another operating system, I want to feel that. I want to see the original ideas originated from that operating system. It's very useful that Gnome and KDE try to emulate Windows and Mac OS way of working to make the transition to Linux easier for the majority of new users, but I'm not interested in that. I don't want to run Linux and feel like I'm using Windows. (well, the accepted exception is when some window manager tries to emulate NeXT, which I never used and looks gorgeous, contrary to XP ) From what I've seen in the LiveCD I tried, window managers like FluxBox or window maker offer original and fast ways of working (at least for my limited needs) which I'd happily explore. Dragos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisux Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 I have been testing with the last nvidia drivers version and problems persist. But I think I have found the problem. All the pop up menus reacall on OpenGL overlays and I have a Quadro 500 in twinview mode, to support my two monitors, but diving in the nvidia help I have seen that quadro 500 don't support overlays in twinview mode, so I think that this is the source of all my problems with the houdini viewport. I have to make a couple of test, but now I cant restar the X server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Sedov Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 I have been testing with the last nvidia drivers version and problems persist.But I think I have found the problem. All the pop up menus reacall on OpenGL overlays and I have a Quadro 500 in twinview mode, to support my two monitors, but diving in the nvidia help I have seen that quadro 500 don't support overlays in twinview mode, so I think that this is the source of all my problems with the houdini viewport. I have to make a couple of test, but now I cant restar the X server. Hmm. Im runnung it on a laptop with Geforce 7600 and have no problems. I doubt that this geforce card even supports overlays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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