[R] rgl/compiz problem

[Ben Bolker]

Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson <at> lancaster.ac.uk> writes:

> 
> 2008/8/14 Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz <at> comcast.net>:
> 
> >> I think it's an Ubuntu bug, because nothing like it occurs anywhere else.
> >>  So I'd suggest you turn off compiz or switch to a reliable OS like Windows
> >> .
> >
> > Gack...  
> 
>  

  [I'm not sure about the attributions above.]

  Are we really sure this is an Ubuntu bug?  From what I 
have read it seems to be X11/X.org, so should affect most
Linux users *who are trying to use fancy OpenGL stuff on
their desktops* -- perhaps the reason we keep here from
Ubuntu'ers is that compiz is on by default in newer releases?

  I'd be happy to be set straight by anyone using rgl
successfully on other Linux distributions simultaneously
with OpenGL desktops ...

   Ben