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Disable Xgl server

This post will show you how to disable xgl server in Ubuntu. With this way it is no longer necessary to use any special X session to disable xgl server. I used this way because my laptop has an ati graphics card (Mobility Radeon X1700) and i had many problems with xgl server.

Step 1:
The only thing you need to do is create an empty file named disable in your home directory in the path ~/.config/xserver-xgl/

cd .config/xserver-xgl/

If the above path does not exist create it

mkdir .config/xserver-xgl/

Step 2:
Now to create an empty file named disable:

>disable

Now you just have to logout and when you login xgl server won't start.