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gnome-session package

  1. Bug #1251281
  2. Comment #36

Comment 36 for bug 1251281

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Michael DePaulo (mikedep333) wrote : Re: [Bug 1251281] Re: gnome-session-flashback fails to start without hardware acceleration in cloud/remote environments (Forwarded-X/XRDP/VNC/NX/X2GO/Chromoting)

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:32 AM, Dmitry Shachnev <email address hidden> wrote:
> No, I think Compiz won't work without hardware acceleration. So only for
> Metacity.

I just tested compiz 0.8.8.28.fc21 on Fedora 21 and I can confirm that
it does require the GLX extension.

So I agree that we should only add that option for metacity sessions.