ATI Catalyst, Mobility FireGL T2 and OpenSUSE 10.3

Apparently, the new ATI driver made for OpenSUSE 10.3 does not enable composite. When I grep through my Xorg.0.log I find the following error.

(**) Extension “Composite” is enabled
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) fglrx(0): RENDER and Composite disabled when OpenGL Overlay enabled

This error has been reported on the Phoronix forums. This is the reason why my icons and cursors looked like crap.

I ended up installing the 8.40 version of the ATI proprietary driver instead, which seems to work for now.