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On Saturday 19 March 2011 18:17:23 Dale wrote: |
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> Mick wrote: |
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> > Some digging around helped a bit - I switched in SystemSettings/Desktop |
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> > Effects, the Compositing Type from OpenGL to XRender and now it does not |
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> > suspend (although 'wobbly windows' and 'Desktop Cube Animation' are |
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> > disabled. |
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> > In E17 which I use daily the compositing works fine, until I select |
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> > OpenGL as the rendering engine and then it crashes horribly (won't even |
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> > boot). |
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> > I have set up mesa to use gallium (if that makes any odds). Is there |
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> > anything else I need to configure to improve OpenGL performance (at |
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> > least to stop it crashing)? |
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> I have a Nvidia GT-220 card and I have mine set to OpenGL in Desktop |
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> Effects. I did run into this once before tho, I went to a console, |
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> reloaded the nvidia modules, restarted X and it worked. I'm not sure |
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> but I think I had upgraded the nvidia drivers or something and the above |
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> worked here |
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> Is your card reasonably fast? If it is at least the speed of mine, it |
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> should work since it works here. Not sure how much is required tho. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Unfortunately I'm running ATI: |
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Chipset: "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670" (ChipID = 0x9488) |
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with this driver: |
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x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.14.0 |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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