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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:40:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201103191940.47305.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D84F333.8080200@gmail.com>

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On Saturday 19 March 2011 18:17:23 Dale wrote:
> Mick wrote:
> > Some digging around helped a bit - I switched in SystemSettings/Desktop
> > Effects, the Compositing Type from OpenGL to XRender and now it does not
> > suspend (although 'wobbly windows' and 'Desktop Cube Animation' are
> > disabled.
> > 
> > In E17 which I use daily the compositing works fine, until I select
> > OpenGL as the rendering engine and then it crashes horribly (won't even
> > boot).
> > 
> > I have set up mesa to use gallium (if that makes any odds).  Is there
> > anything else I need to configure to improve OpenGL performance (at
> > least to stop it crashing)?
> 
> I have a Nvidia GT-220 card and I have mine set to OpenGL in Desktop
> Effects.  I did run into this once before tho, I went to a console,
> reloaded the nvidia modules, restarted X and it worked.  I'm not sure
> but I think I had upgraded the nvidia drivers or something and the above
> worked here
> 
> Is your card reasonably fast?  If it is at least the speed of mine, it
> should work since it works here.  Not sure how much is required tho.
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-)

Unfortunately I'm running ATI:

  Chipset: "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670" (ChipID = 0x9488)


with this driver: 

  x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.14.0

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-19 19:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-19 17:34 [gentoo-user] Compositing too slow in KDE Mick
2011-03-19 17:48 ` [gentoo-user] " Mick
2011-03-19 18:17   ` Dale
2011-03-19 19:40     ` Mick [this message]
2011-03-19 23:02       ` Jorge Martínez López
2011-03-20 18:38         ` Mick
2011-03-20 19:09           ` Mick
2011-03-22 16:15             ` Bill Longman
2011-03-22 16:45               ` Dale
2011-03-22 22:32                 ` Mick
2011-03-22 22:48                   ` Dale
2011-03-23  0:16                   ` Bill Longman
2011-03-23  6:57                     ` Mick
2011-03-23 13:34                       ` Bill Longman
2011-03-26 19:48                         ` Mick

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