From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3664559CB2 for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:49:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 64B9621C011; Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:49:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vk0-f68.google.com (mail-vk0-f68.google.com [209.85.213.68]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4AD2EE080D for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:48:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vk0-f68.google.com with SMTP id e185so16315957vkb.2 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:48:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=AUuxw9NXOWikDJuc56SkGghaMOz4YJF8q4o6flWwIFQ=; b=SlEF4oO+0uMXwp1o9hW7fc9/YjO5gihzpYg9amXAIdQCTPD3lJxJYcdb9LMiSczZQX GhIMHpyGmn7rhO8KQzXbUpAc8V2knapNZC4dk7hyvqxHt8+dX7AnLGMulSuUaxy0RcNC jvDr6cNzir6Oi4S9gP+PNFORcigP6QNTYcjbuu0KLSof6QYcWe1quyMQCcv3lMAMW9G5 UQbpgcKoxSFanE6tzSvta6Jxd7woJfIKgKTPa2HVo/d1tXZaiWFxDJ0BF+HZorDUiqhx YIlq/rHUXJJOYCT46ezllui2TBMzbyqyuIgIPrEzTOJknhJtHdM2a4Q3kxA8yKo6rOd+ f1Qw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=AUuxw9NXOWikDJuc56SkGghaMOz4YJF8q4o6flWwIFQ=; b=DZOtxceGgL1o0xAUUDRWrIQJHLX2WBC9f9ph0uhhp6OrXJ1fSirfAgvyfcUvALtPhC TRZhvpzbPIRAHPsOuPP2vBD3+3hPvS1YyYEjumb4ySXXfdWNR2eqmylD7PZplguT8FQI S23xXTno9SHUJJiFUU3xJfVleXBONGBUKh1ASgZLF6Mw7e+PIAp6qgAkuPYQ8xSzOECS pY6QX00z2FlShrDdkF8NZ+bUCsOrNGmJhmN4vB25VWN7iiA3+7wD53YJenceYlkTvd1J X4VtPkYkJoOgv0e9mka00wBe7jKUx1JzMvNdZ7h0Mi+U9epZhwL4SDK2YTYXL6tUeNso VDLw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FWsFmol+M0oPADJyquRdf0XICP8EnHWLaOvfDWyAxszjOOzwnl3ci3Tq7jRLazwrQ== X-Received: by 10.31.165.76 with SMTP id o73mr10509226vke.67.1460767738297; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:48:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-74-240-55-145.jan.bellsouth.net. [74.240.55.145]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h2sm8204704uad.27.2016.04.15.17.48.57 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:48:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and the new plasma 5 thing To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <570C89C0.3060807@gmail.com> <11239581.vlvDZdi9DS@dell_xps> <5710A9AE.6020603@gmail.com> <11327463.uVUm3LfhTg@dell_xps> From: Dale Message-ID: <57118BF8.6030604@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 19:48:56 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:41.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/41.0 SeaMonkey/2.38 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 In-Reply-To: <11327463.uVUm3LfhTg@dell_xps> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 790778fc-e4f1-4443-adb4-ff9397e08a9d X-Archives-Hash: e162e55e826e99c03f756695c589e43d Mick wrote: > On Friday 15 Apr 2016 10:43:26 Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 14/04/2016 21:39, Mick wrote: >>> I don't have NVidia or use the full plasma desktop environment on my >>> laptop (I use enlightenment instead with a Radeon card). However, I h= ave >>> not added sddm to the video group and have not noticed anything undue= in >>> my logs. I have however noticed that sddm is slightly slower than kd= m. >>> >>> Why is the video group needed? What does it do? >> It's a simple group permission scheme to allow users access to advance= d >> features on the video card, like what compositing does. > I'd understand this if sddm was using hardware acceleration to play som= e video=20 > or snazzy graphics while login in. It looks rather static to me, unles= s it=20 > uses the card to scroll between user icons ... ?=20 > I think I posted this elsewhere. I have a Nvidia card and use Nvidia's drivers. I didn't have sddm in the video group until someone else posted about it. I didn't see it in the howto I guess. Point is, it worked here. It doesn't focus on the password field like it should but it came up, let me login and then started up KDE like it should. So, I'm not sure what difference it is but for some at least, it works without being in the video group. Card info: VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 220] (rev a2) Driver version: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340.96=20 Maybe the age of my card is why it works for me. I don't know. I just thought I would share the info in case it will help someone else with this, maybe figure out why it works for some but not others.=20 Dale :-) :-)=20