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On 2 May 2009, at 09:39, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: |
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>> Looks like an overheating GPU to me. |
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>> Do you have accelerated graphics on for those panels? |
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>> I'll bet if you turn it off the problem will disappear. |
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> Say, bottom panel hasn't something special: std menu, lancelot, |
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> tasks, tray |
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> and clock. Can overheating be such selectable? - I mean only KDE4 |
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> panels- |
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> related problem takes place (say, my sone plays few games without any |
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> problems, as well as, say, OOo/Qt/KDE and so on emerging ). And I |
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> didn't |
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> overclocked something. But have added few additional silent coolers |
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> inside a |
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> case :-) |
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Can overheating be so selective? I can't say for sure, but I can't see |
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it having so much work to do when displaying the wallpaper as if those |
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panels fade or slide. I presume they can be auto-hidden one way or the |
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other when not in use, and that effects would be enabled by default if |
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you have GPU acceleration available. |
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Speckles are somewhat characteristic, and most any videogamer will |
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recognise them - once you've had a graphics card or a Playstation |
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(type) console die on you, they are very recognisable. |
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The emerging won't have any effect on speckles, only GPU-related |
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activity. It depends on the particular games that your son plays |
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whether I'd say they're relevant. I'm no expert on Linux graphics (I |
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don't use it on the desktop myself), but I'd guess TuxRacer probably |
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does use the GPU whereas Frozen Bubble does not. |
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If you're able to turn the GPU's acceleration features off in X11 (or |
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the kernel?) and just treat it as a framebuffer device, then please |
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prove me wrong! |
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Stroller. |
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