Found some more info on this on another forum. I'm currently running X with compiz indirect rendering turned on according to compiz-fusion- icon. Here is what I changed:
nvidia-settings->opengl settings->enable sync to vblank my xorg.conf: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 Inputdevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" Inputdevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Files" Rgbpath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" EndSection Section "Module" Load "bitmap" Load "dbe" Load "ddc" Load "evdev" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "record" Load "type1" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "Buttons" "7" Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" Vendorname "Unknown" Modelname "Proview" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Monitor" # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid Identifier "Monitor1" Vendorname "Unknown" Modelname "Seiko" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" Vendorname "NVIDIA Corporation" Boardname "Quadro NVS 110M" Option "TripleBuffer" "true" Option "RenderAccel" "true" Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" Option "AddARGBVisuals" "True" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" Option "NoLogo" "True" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" Defaultdepth 24 Option "TwinView" "0" Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1920x1200" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True" Option "NvAGP" "1" Option "RenderAccel" "True" Option "DamageEvents" "True" Option "UseEvents" "False" Option "BackingStore" "True" Option "NoLogo" "True" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "nvidia-auto-select" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" Option "Damage" "Enable" Option "Composite" "Enable" Option "Render" "Enable" EndSection -- [nvidia-glx-new] X fails to start if XGL is enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/136716 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs