Re: Compositing Problem
On יום שבת, 7 בינואר 2017 4:36:59 IST Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> On 10/19/2016 11:33 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> > On 10/12/2016 12:10 PM, David Baron wrote:
> >> Running must recent kwin, etc., with Sid nvidia-legacy-304xx driver.
> >>
> >> Window decorations slow or do not show on non-KDE windows. If they do not
> >> show, one can pretend they are there and do everything.
> >>
> >> Effects all compositing options.
> >>
> >> Where to file bug?
> >> Quick fix?
> >
> > Quick fix, force install all your 'nvidia' and 'glx' installed packages
> > back to 'Jessie-backports' and then 'lock-them' works, maybe 20-24
> > packages that you will be locking, varies a little with my installs,
> > some I had not upgraded and I only had to lock the packages. I used
> > synaptic while in xfce4 and all your kde apps work from xfce4 too as a
> > side note. Note no problem with upgrades and those files being locked,
> > at this time anyways. hehe
> >
> > There's a lot noise out there about fix's, I found nothing works for me.
> >
> > I came up with this fix and it works. While gtk works with the
> >
> > upgrade, plasma don't, it's a problem with plasma, you can't blame
> > nvidia and say they are not doing their part, this is a problem debian
> > plasma, I'm sure they are working on it. Seems to affect only
> > 'legacy-304' and could be a simple code error.
> >
> > With the Debian-nvidia driver: Plasma is unable to start as it could not
> > correctly use OpenGL2. Note dialog is working, sound is working, no
> > plasma.
> >
> > With the Debian-free driver, computer freeze with colorful squiggly
> > lines and I have to push the power button and repair the file system.
> >
> > David, do you have a better fix than down-grading the packages? And I
> > may not need to down grade as many packages as I do, but it works.
>
> I updated Sid/testing a couple days ago and retested current drivers,
> "nouveau" is working with sddm okay but froze with plasma(colorful
> lighting bolts). Current nvidia-legacy-304xx is working with XRender
> and compositing enabled and I'm good with that, tested on Stretch too,
> now I can do clean upgrades and I'm happy. Thank you Debian!
Mine does NOT work with xrender
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