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Caleb Cushing

31 Aug 2010 31 Aug '10

8:48 p.m.

Does anyone know if the workarounds are still needed or if that was a fixed bug? I read the changelog but was unable to discern whether or not these were on the list of fixed kwin bugs. -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.com

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Ray Rashif

1 Sep 1 Sep

12:58 a.m.

On 1 September 2010 04:48, Caleb Cushing wrote:

Does anyone know if the workarounds are still needed or if that was a fixed bug? I read the changelog but was unable to discern whether or not these were on the list of fixed kwin bugs.

Still needed; has not been confirmed to be fixed: "Fix regression which caused desktop effects not working with some drivers. Fixes bug 243991. See SVN commit 1167908." [1] "very likely. there's a massive amount of "similar" problem reports (freezes - press shift+alt+f12 - or fragmented screes depending on the resolution, latter one just like this on your particular GPU, see the other two dupes and bug #241402, while it's not clear that latter one is really related)" [2] "I just did a commit, but I do not know if it fixed it. I have to properly investigate the issue but currently I am lacking the time. If I get a patch before the release I will send a notice to the release team." [3] [1] http://www.kde.org/announcements/changelogs/changelog4_5_0to4_5_1.php [2] http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243991 [3] http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241402 -- GPG/PGP ID: B42DDCAD

Denis A. Altoé Falqueto

1:09 a.m.

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Ray Rashif wrote:

On 1 September 2010 04:48, Caleb Cushing wrote:

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Does anyone know if the workarounds are still needed or if that was a fixed bug? I read the changelog but was unable to discern whether or not these were on the list of fixed kwin bugs.

Still needed; has not been confirmed to be fixed:

I'm on an intel GM965 and it works fine in 4.5.1. The compositing is enabled after login and the velocity is bearable, although moving windows is slower than with 4.5.0. I have blur effect on. -- A: Because it obfuscates the reading. Q: Why is top posting so bad? ------------------------------------------- Denis A. Altoe Falqueto -------------------------------------------

Martín Cigorraga

1:41 a.m.

Try this Denis: [msx@paradise ~]$ cat /usr/share/autostart/plasma-desktop.desktop [Desktop Entry] Exec=plasma-desktop --graphicssystem raster Also you can add --graphicssystem raster to all KDE apps to boost performance, specially Yakuake if you use it. This hack should work with KWin composite feature enabled. -Martín "Un buen antivirus, no debería dejar cargar Windows y sugerir instalar GNU/Linux xD" - omar_uy@#parabola@freenode

Denis A. Altoé Falqueto

2:22 a.m.

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Martín Cigorraga wrote:

Try this Denis:

[msx@paradise ~]$ cat /usr/share/autostart/plasma-desktop.desktop [Desktop Entry] Exec=plasma-desktop --graphicssystem raster

Also you can add --graphicssystem raster to all KDE apps to boost performance, specially Yakuake if you use it. This hack should work with KWin composite feature enabled.

Well, composite didn't work with raster graphics system. But the old one is fine. I'll continue looking for other options too. Thanks for the hint! -- A: Because it obfuscates the reading. Q: Why is top posting so bad? ------------------------------------------- Denis A. Altoe Falqueto -------------------------------------------

Denis A. Altoé Falqueto

2:42 a.m.

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Denis A. Altoé Falqueto wrote:

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Martín Cigorraga wrote:

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Try this Denis:

[msx@paradise ~]$ cat /usr/share/autostart/plasma-desktop.desktop [Desktop Entry] Exec=plasma-desktop --graphicssystem raster

Also you can add --graphicssystem raster to all KDE apps to boost performance, specially Yakuake if you use it. This hack should work with KWin composite feature enabled.

Well, composite didn't work with raster graphics system. But the old one is fine. I'll continue looking for other options too. Thanks for the hint!

In fact, the vsync option was re-enabled. After I turned it off, the performance was restored to the levels of 4.5.0. I think It could be better, but it is fine now. -- A: Because it obfuscates the reading. Q: Why is top posting so bad? ------------------------------------------- Denis A. Altoe Falqueto -------------------------------------------

Martín Cigorraga

7:32 a.m.

I have both composite and raster enabled plasma desktop and apps running alongside very well here check it out. After just updating to 4.5.1 VSync was enabled again so I switched off. Best, -Martín "Un buen antivirus, no debería dejar cargar Windows y sugerir instalar GNU/Linux xD" - omar_uy@#parabola@freenode

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