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Bug 296576

Summary: kde-base/kwin-4.3.3-r1 does not work with compositing
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: a_tevelev
Component: [OLD] KDEAssignee: Gentoo KDE team <kde>
Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: emerge --info

Description a_tevelev 2009-12-12 02:47:02 UTC
If compositing is enabled, switching windows takes 5 to 10 s, while kwin process takes 100% CPU. After a few minutes compositing gets automatically disabled with the notice that it was too slow.

The video card is Quadro NVS 140M/PCI/SSE2. 

The hardware is clearly not an issue - it used to run compiz with all its effects lightning fast. 

Settings: 

# eselect opengl list 
Available OpenGL implementations: 
[1] nvidia * 
[2] xorg-x11

# eselect profile show 
Current make.profile symlink: 
default/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib

'opengl' is among USE flags 

# glxinfo | grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: Quadro NVS 140M/PCI/SSE2
    GL_NV_conditional_render, GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color, GL_NV_copy_image,
    GL_NVX_conditional_render, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_lod,


xorg.conf excerpt: 
Quote:
Section "Module" 
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension 
SubSection "extmod" 
Option "omit xfree86-dga" 
EndSubSection 
Load "extmod" 
Load "glx" 
Load "wfb" 
Load "xtrap" 
EndSection 

Section "Device" 
Identifier "nVidia Quadro NVS 140M" 
Driver "nvidia" 
VendorName "nVidia Corporation" 
BoardName "nVidia Quadro NVS 140M" 
Option "UseEdidDpi" "false" 
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "true" 
Option "DPI" "96 x 96" 
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true" 
Option "UseEvents" "true" 
Option "RenderAccel" "true" 
Option "EnableACPIHotkeys" "true" 
Option "IncludeImplicitMetaModes" "false" 
Option "TwinView" "true" 
Option "MetaModes" "DFP-0: 1280x800, DFP-1: 1280x800; DFP-0: 1280x1024, DFP-1: 1280x1024" 
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0,DFP-1" 
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone" 
EndSection


KDE Settings -> Desktop has: 
Enable desktop effects checked 
Compositing type = OpenGL 
Disable functionality checks unchecked 
OpenGL mode = Texture From Pixmap 
Texture filter = Nearest 
Enable direct rendering checked 
Use VSync checked
Comment 1 a_tevelev 2009-12-12 02:47:41 UTC
Created attachment 212762 [details]
emerge --info
Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-02-21 23:34:01 UTC
So... Try with KDE 4.3.5 (stable) or 4.4.0 (~arch) and latest experimental nvidia-drivers? I'm not sure what do you expect from here with this information, pretty hard to support binary-only drivers setup.
Comment 3 Andreas K. Hüttel archtester gentoo-dev 2010-04-18 19:51:30 UTC
No response for two months, old kde version.