Version: (using KDE 4.1.0) Installed from: Gentoo Packages Compiler: gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20070214 ( (gdc 0.24, using dmd 1.020)) (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.1) CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=k8" OS: Linux x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.6.3 x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r6 Any combination of advanced options is still broken.
Please provide more information than just "it doesn't work".
Such as?
Created attachment 26657 [details] An Xorg log that contained attempts Here's a log...
Created attachment 26658 [details] OpenGL, KeepUp2Date, TextureFromPixmap, Bilinear, Direct, VSync All these attachments are with x11-base/xorg-server-1.4.2 and x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.9.0
Created attachment 26659 [details] OpenGL, KeepUp2Date, SharedMem, Bilinear, Direct, VSync Also, they all have System Settings open to the page, with the timer counting down from 10 for new settings, *and* the K-Menu just opened.
Created attachment 26662 [details] OpenGL, KeepUp2Date, Fallback, Bilinear, Direct, VSync In all cases, Fallback mode breaks the X server: after reverting, all desktop effects settings are ignored until the X server is restarted.
Created attachment 26663 [details] OpenGL, KeepUp2Date, TextureFromPixmap, Bilinear, NotDirect, VSync
Created attachment 26664 [details] OpenGL, KeepUp2Date, TextureFromPixmap, Nearest, NotDirect, VSync
Created attachment 26665 [details] OpenGL, DontKeepUp2Date, TextureFromPixmap, Nearest, NotDirect, VSync
Created attachment 26666 [details] All effects disabled, and all 3 detail checkboxes on the main applet disabled
I also took: OpenGL-KeepUp2Date-Fallback-Bilinear-NotDirect-VSync.png OpenGL-KeepUp2Date-SharedMem-Bilinear-NotDirect-VSync.png WithoutImprovedWinMgmt.png WithoutShadows.png WithoutVariousAnim.png Let me know if you need anything else.
According to the X log, your X crashed, so this is X bug.
X itself survived, so I'm guessing the "crash" was when Fallback mode broke something that the X server couldn't recover from. Up until then (SharedMem and TextureFromPixmap), the server hadn't crashed.
Xorg bug at: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17041
As this seems to be an X bug I set to Upstream.