From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DuR5m-0003Vy-7U for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:35:14 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6I8Xaas023190; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:33:36 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.203]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6I8TugD017417 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:29:57 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id l8so836348nzf for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:30:42 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:x-accept-language:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ui2aXq/+XktqCZJVN3GwBMNcGwjPmGzHahAJ7ch9Tf4EGAJWc37qjsg6ZgMqAQVcq6SaJOrQq3yqRLjNNb7Cqmye57e7ZFuNdSPq3HA3oBs0/Yxf1XlPpahTsCq3i8q5ky3A/xca8hqwhB0XaatGL2SwgLNhQUJEApWwkHPSdq0= Received: by 10.36.88.14 with SMTP id l14mr3217606nzb; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:30:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.10? ([24.30.171.44]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id j7sm1427242nzd.2005.07.18.01.30.39; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:30:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <42DB68DE.904@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 01:31:26 -0700 From: Zac Medico User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 (X11/20050715) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] slow redrawing in KDE References: <42DA90EE.4010304@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 990bb35e-32c1-4e36-bcf6-d0faa1110db4 X-Archives-Hash: ba5cb2e6d16af7e119ccb3736db35114 Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jul 2005, Zac Medico wrote: > >> Jorge Almeida wrote: >> >>> I just emerged KDE, changing from the monolytic packages to the split >>> ones. >>> Now windows redrawing is painfully (and cas-ca-ding) slow. >>> The problem seems to be the same as in >>> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-344889-highlight-kde+slow+redraw.html >>> >>> (but no answer there...) >>> Any idea? >>> >>> >> >> First step to isolate this problem, I'd install a minimalist wm such >> as x11-wm/openbox and see which apps I can reproduce the problem with >> there, if any. >> >> Zac >> > Not that easy. The problem is more visible when the desktop is filled > with a Mozilla window and I change to this desktop. I would need a wm > with virtual desktops and it had to be possible to change desktops via > keyboard. > > I'm getting tired of KDE: each upgrade brings new problems. I would give > it up if I could find a wm supporting multiple desktops (with the > possibility of different backgrounds) and control via keyboard. I can't > get KDE's goodies, like shadows and transparency, to work, anyway... > > Thanks for the reply. > > Jorge Openbox supports multiple desktops. You can replace the default kde window manager (kwin) with openbox: http://icculus.org/openbox/docs.php?page=build.html#install-kde Zac -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list