From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B4D72158083 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2024 23:21:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A74AE2A84; Thu, 5 Sep 2024 23:21:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01c.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01c.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.22]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9CEEE2A3A for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2024 23:21:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=cube.localnet) by smarthost01c.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1smLn6-007tyt-Kc for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 05 Sep 2024 23:21:31 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wayland and CPU load Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:21:31 +0100 Message-ID: <2953235.e9J7NaK4W3@cube> In-Reply-To: <4347395.mogB4TqSGs@rogueboard> References: <5814876.DvuYhMxLoT@cube> <2746872.mvXUDI8C0e@cube> <4347395.mogB4TqSGs@rogueboard> 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Originating-smarthost01c-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 0d208c59-b923-4057-be3a-f2deafd23440 X-Archives-Hash: 1f7f24ebc35736e5f4a59e858b2fa92e On Thursday 5 September 2024 22:29:14 BST Michael wrote: > At a simple level you can check this file for any obvious problem: > > ~/.local/share/sddm/wayland-session.log > > Your symptom could be related to software rendering used by the kwin > compositor, as opposed to OpenGL. Mesa with appropriate USE flags should > provide what your graphics need. Have a look in kinfocenter, or run: > > qdbus6 org.kde.KWin /KWin supportInformation > > and check the section under Compositor, Compositor Type is not showing > Xrender or software rendering. 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. > Beyond this I think you're into compiling stuff with debugging symbols and > trying to understand where code fails: > > https://community.kde.org/KWin/Debugging Thanks to those who helped. -- Regards, Peter.