Re: [gentoo-user] Wayland and CPU load

[Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>]

On Friday 6 September 2024 10:10:47 BST Michael wrote:
> On Friday 6 September 2024 01:33:04 BST Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > On Friday 6 September 2024 00:21:31 BST Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > > I think I know what it is: the kernel's list of firmware blobs is empty.
> > > I
> > > don't know where they all went, but it shouldn't be too hard to find
> > > them.
> > 
> > Indeed it was so. Now fixed and working fine.
> 
> Without all requisite firmware for your graphics the Kwin compositor will
> fall back to software rendering.  As you've experienced without hardware
> acceleration Kwin will eat up CPU cycles.
> 
> Emerging sys-kernel/linux-firmware and configuring your system to use it
> fixes the problem by providing the necessary code for the graphics card to
> do the heavy lifting:

Yes, I know, and I had it set up from when I acquired the machine. The mystery 
is why it was missing from my two most recent kernels.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.