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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.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 17:33:13
Message-Id: 1748643.bHyFiRNqlD@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] New install on x86 and login to KDE fails by Dale
1 Am Dienstag 30 August 2011, 03:06:57 schrieb Dale:
2 > Michael Schreckenbauer wrote:
3 > > Hi,
4 > >
5 > > Am Donnerstag, 25. August 2011, 22:00:29 schrieb Mick:
6 > >> On Thursday 25 Aug 2011 19:10:39 Michael Schreckenbauer wrote:
7 > >>> try disabling compositing via kwinrc before kde starts up
8 > >>> Open .kde4/share/config/kwinrc, go to the [Compositing] section and
9 > >>> change Enabled= true to Enabled=false
10 > >>
11 > >> I wouldn't think this is necessary. My hardware (ATI) doesn't support
12 > >> compositing with KDE and it disables it on its own. The only time
13 > >> that I have to unset it as you suggest above is if persist in
14 > >> overriding it after it disables it.
15 > >
16 > > I had one case (my Laptop), where the automatic detection of kde enabled
17 > > compositing, but it did not work. I had no chance to log in without the
18 > > suggested method or using safe-mode.
19 > > Of course, it's just a shot in the dark :)
20 > >
21 > > Regards,
22 > > Michael
23 >
24 > Sorry so long getting back to this. I checked this setting and it is
25 > disabled already. I also recompiled kwin just to see if it would help.
26 > It didn't.
27 >
28 > Anything else I can try?
29 >
30 > Dale
31 >
32 > :-) :-)
33
34 check permissions? Get some graphics hardware with not-broken drivers?
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Re: [gentoo-user] New install on x86 and login to KDE fails Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>