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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New install on x86 and login to KDE fails
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:09:41
Message-Id: 4E5C9A21.5010704@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] New install on x86 and login to KDE fails by Michael Schreckenbauer
1 Michael Schreckenbauer wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > Am Donnerstag, 25. August 2011, 22:00:29 schrieb Mick:
5 >
6 >> On Thursday 25 Aug 2011 19:10:39 Michael Schreckenbauer wrote:
7 >>
8 >>>
9 >>> try disabling compositing via kwinrc before kde starts up
10 >>> Open .kde4/share/config/kwinrc, go to the [Compositing] section and
11 >>> change Enabled= true to Enabled=false
12 >>>
13 >> I wouldn't think this is necessary. My hardware (ATI) doesn't support
14 >> compositing with KDE and it disables it on its own. The only time that I
15 >> have to unset it as you suggest above is if persist in overriding it after
16 >> it disables it.
17 >>
18 > I had one case (my Laptop), where the automatic detection of kde enabled
19 > compositing, but it did not work. I had no chance to log in without the
20 > suggested method or using safe-mode.
21 > Of course, it's just a shot in the dark :)
22 >
23 > Regards,
24 > Michael
25 >
26 >
27
28 Sorry so long getting back to this. I checked this setting and it is
29 disabled already. I also recompiled kwin just to see if it would help.
30 It didn't.
31
32 Anything else I can try?
33
34 Dale
35
36 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] New install on x86 and login to KDE fails Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>