From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Q10jm-0002m5-7t for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:18:54 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 62ACFE0630; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:17:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw0-f53.google.com (mail-gw0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E315E0630 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:17:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb15 with SMTP id 15so2906085gwb.40 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:17:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=0EWYVRCkIVb2yT8XTyS4bfBAKLoHV54bEL7eqI+7rQk=; b=IqfvpdNxFCBsMNRT8L7cfH7xnduNi0qMCNIMx17EsrX97p1XNJ2KJZrAEKloIfnPyw lzvWMK6IeQFI5l1JM+INpq/kuvPs2we99tQpBq4T18ov6Zo4ydjAnZwI5mx0n9WdClUw 17wNxWPQwgZwrxqvYZt1dQ0zumZu+bxRVbr7E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=lRVD+B+RSsOEma4fUuhje6R0LnEC6kkgj3LRMwjLoUHEFgmk3RF6DFQVsJs9IzMD1t GdUO/5dGCr9HeTMgpC+sIQpfWPiBvDeyP7CDm4CsV0ER2TOcd+Jjp6yvrfBp/u6NWZbJ 63laXFNhdfdoWUPjAssgBY7w65+h0N/eAI3QM= Received: by 10.151.135.34 with SMTP id m34mr2466561ybn.36.1300558648439; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:17:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-95-108-135.jan.bellsouth.net [98.95.108.135]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 55sm2358676yhl.38.2011.03.19.11.17.25 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:17:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4D84F333.8080200@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:17:23 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.17) Gecko/20110304 Gentoo/2.0.12 SeaMonkey/2.0.12 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE References: <201103191734.20085.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201103191748.08638.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201103191748.08638.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 054f278758ab2c62ceede06934ae7fe3 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 :-) :-)