OpenSUSE 11 Compiz ATI Video Flicker Fix

One thing that didn’t work properly for me when I first activated Compiz in my newly installed OpenSUSE 11 install was the video playback. It worked but the screen would flicker horribly.

The solution was to slightly modify some settings in the xorg.conf file, a solution I found here.


Option "VideoOverlay" "off"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "on"
Option "TexturedVideo" "off"


The entire section looks like this:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 (M76 9581)"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "on"
Option "FSAAScale" "0"
Option "FSAAEnable" "off"
Option "VideoOverlay" "off"
Option "TexturedVideo" "off"
Option "DesktopSetup" "single"
Option "EnableMonitor" "crt1,lvds"
EndSection