262444 – [desktop-effects overlay] Workaround available for compiz XDamage race condition

Bug 262444 - [desktop-effects overlay] Workaround available for compiz XDamage race condition

Summary: [desktop-effects overlay] Workaround available for compiz XDamage race condition

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Desktop-Effects herd

URL:	http://gitweb.compiz-fusion.org/?p=fu...
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Reported:	2009-03-14 15:20 UTC by Jose daLuz
Modified:	2009-03-18 02:13 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Jose daLuz 2009-03-14 15:20:47 UTC

As noted on the NVidia Linux forums (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=129711) there is a race condition in the XDamage extension that affects users of NVidia cards under compiz. A developer has added a commit to the workarounds plugin that resolves this (see URL) but too late to make 0.8.2. Adding this as a patch would make life easier for NVidia users as the issue can crash the NVidia driver entirely and lock up X. Please consider adding this.

Comment 1 Mike Auty (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-03-18 02:13:38 UTC

Thanks for reporthing this.  It's just been checked into the overlay, so please update it and re-emerge compiz-plugins-main.  Feel free to reopen this bugs if you encounter any problems with the patch...  5:)