[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

No. (Though there maybe some hardware which may require TearFree by default to function correctly, in which case it will be enabled automatically.) The problem is that it increases memory allocation considerably and reduces performance, giving you the same penalty as using a compositor. If you then

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

I'm happy with TearFree now. Please report any issues you find as separate bugs, thanks everyone. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/755841 Title: [sandybridge] Graphics te

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

TearFree should be much improved as of: commit fa2687bdd5a4c8bc608dac8bb711035f0752a725 Author: Chris Wilson Date: Mon Oct 21 18:55:23 2013 +0100 sna: Eliminate the synchronous wait from inside TearFree Defer the actual wait until the next use of the screen pixmap, and then

[Compiz] [Bug 1213338] Re: Displaylink slow graphic performance on Ubuntu 13

The issue here is that compiz prefers pageflips (quite rightly for igfx) which for udl means that we need to push the entire display over the slow usb link (and requiring a slow readback) on each update (instead of just the damaged region) -- a write magnification issue. ** Package changed: xrandr

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

*** Bug 67823 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/755841 Title: [sandybridge] Graphics tearing when playing video To manage

[Compiz] [Bug 1194004] Re: [regression] Compiz wakes up 200Hz while the screen is locked

That has never been policy. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1194004 Title: [regression] C

[Compiz] [Bug 111939] Re: Alt-Tab - Not possible to alt-tab during a drag-and-drop operation

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Triaged => Fix Released ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Milestone: raring-compiz => None -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Compiz] [Bug 1116587] Re: Lenovo T400: With external monitor the system is rarely working for more than 10 minutes

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1116587 Title: Lenovo T400: With external m

[Compiz] [Bug 1116587] Re: Lenovo T400: With external monitor the system is rarely working for more than 10 minutes

I don't think so, maybe I can get one of the Ubuntu guys to chase up... For the time being, you can find a kernel packaged here http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/drm-intel-nightly/current/ with the fixes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz package

[Compiz] [Bug 1116587] Re: Lenovo T400: With external monitor the system is rarely working for more than 10 minutes

** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Compiz] [Bug 717444] Re: Window management - Invisible border does not extend to the top of the window

** Also affects: hundredpapercuts Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Milestone: None => raring-compiz ** Changed in: hundre

[Compiz] [Bug 733346] Re: [915 mesa] compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in i915_emit_state()

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/733346 Title: [915 mesa] compiz crashed with SIGSEGV

[Compiz] [Bug 1116587] Re: Lenovo T400: With external monitor the system is rarely working for more than 10 minutes

Ok, the patch has landed: commit 21ad833075801a7cd81b5ef1604ffc6c600e5ff9 Author: Ville Syrjälä Date: Tue Feb 19 15:16:39 2013 +0200 drm/i915: Fix races in gen4 page flip interrupt handling Can you please try drm-intel-experimental (from the mainline ppa) when it is updated, or drm-intel-

[Compiz] [Bug 1116587] Re: Lenovo T400: With external monitor the system is rarely working for more than 10 minutes

I think the fixed version of https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2159201/ will be interesting to test for this case. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1116587 Title: Lenovo

[Compiz] [Bug 1116587] Re: Lenovo T400: With external monitor the system is rarely working for more than 10 minutes

That confirms that pageflipping is the direct cause of the hangs. Very recently suspicion has been raised that the gen4 pageflipping irq handling may be racy - which would help explain why all the reports of this hang I've seen so far have been gen4. -- You received this bug notification because

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

The cause is that replies end up being blocked by the synchronous pageflip used for the tear free update of the scanout. The solution is obvious, but just tricky to implement in an efficient manner that also solves the unnecessary readbacks. If I get it right the extra complexity should help for no

[Compiz] [Bug 733346] Re: [915 mesa] compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in i915_emit_state()

** Summary changed: - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in i915_emit_state() + [915 mesa] compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in i915_emit_state() -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/733346

[Compiz] [Bug 1116587] Re: Lenovo T400: With external monitor the system is rarely working for more than 10 minutes

Another test you can try is with the 3.8 kernel is: Option "SwapbuffersWait" "false" which will disable pageflipping (as well as disabling vsync) altogether. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

vsync seems to be fully working now on SNB/IVB with 2.21 and kernel 3.8, so the remaining issue is to get TearFree solid and performant for all use cases. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.laun

[Compiz] [Bug 1116587] Re: Lenovo T400: With external monitor the system is rarely working for more than 10 minutes

Wow. Thanks for testing that, that rules out an easy workaround and leaves me a little more puzzled. Yet another pageflip race in the kernel still seems the most likely explanation. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz i

[Compiz] [Bug 1048230] Re: display freezes

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1097315 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1097315 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1097315 Xorg hangs in drm_helper_connector_dpms -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to

[Compiz] [Bug 1116587] Re: Lenovo T400: With external monitor the system is rarely working for more than 10 minutes

A simple thing to test would be echo > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/intel.conf

[Compiz] [Bug 1116587] Re: Lenovo T400: With external monitor the system is rarely working for more than 10 minutes

One thing you can try is building the driver from git with debugging enabled: $ apt-get build-dep xserver-xorg-video-intel $ git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel $ cd xf86-video-intel $ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --with-default-accel=sna --enable-debug $ make && sud

[Compiz] [Bug 657032] Re: Resize area of title bar is too small when using Compiz

** No longer affects: hundredpapercuts -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657032 Title: Resize area of title bar is too small when using Compiz To manage notifications abo

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

(In reply to comment #111) > I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 using SNA. > > Tear is still present on video playback (mainly with VLC) with compositor > enabled or disabled. (va-api enabled/disabled no changes as well) Which is expected as Ubuntu 12.10 doesn't carry the required kernel patches. -- You recei

[Compiz] [Bug 111939] Re: Alt-Tab - Not possible to alt-tab during a drag-and-drop operation

I've targeted this to Compiz, but I'm not sure that's appropriate. Can someone please confirm what's actually causing this? ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Milestone: quantal-11-misc => raring-compiz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

(In reply to comment #108) > I don't understand the technical details, so please forgive > misunderstandings or stupid questions. > > Do I need SNA for the TearFree option? I get stuttering with SNA and > TearFree, and still get tearing with TearFree without SNA. > I created a xorg.conf with only

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

Note in addition to using pageflipping via the TearFree option, there is a glimmer of light in the form of kernel commit d7d4eeddb8f72342f70621c4b3cb718af9361712 Author: Chris Wilson Date: Wed Oct 17 12:09:54 2012 +0100 drm/i915: Allow DRM_ROOT_ONLY|DRM_MASTER to submit privileged

[Compiz] [Bug 1077190] Re: Minimized windows are kept attached to a workspace

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Milestone: raring-round-3 => raring-misc -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1077190 Title: Minimized windows are kept attached to a work

[Compiz] [Bug 1044334] Re: Xfce notifications flicker when fading out if using Compiz [solution included]

Thanks a lot for reporting this. I've forwarded it to the Compiz packagers and will close the Paper Cuts task. ** Also affects: compiz (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: hundredpapercuts -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of co

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

(In reply to comment #105) > I still can see tearing even if driver option "TearFree" is enabled, when I > rotate display right or left (xorg monitor Option "Rotate"), so when the > axes are reversed. Yup, that's expected at this moment in time. To avoid tearing down will require another indirecti

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

Forwarding a message from Axel Rohde Hi Chris, I just tested the standalone OpenGL compositor fbcompose from this site https://launchpad.net/~fluxbox-maintainers/+archive/nightly/+packages fluxbox-fbcompose_1.3.2+nightly+120311-1_amd64.deb ... on a i5-3550, Debian wheezy, xf86-video-intel-2.20

[Compiz] [Bug 966744]

Yes, I think we need a fresh set of debug logs with all the known fixes applied. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/966744 Title: [i965] Resume from suspend leaves me with

[Compiz] [Bug 966744]

The cause of the EINVAL is an attempt to pageflip with the pipe disabled due to DPMS off. This should be fixed by: commit c4eb5528a456b65c673f7c984d14a622ac67cdca Author: Chris Wilson Date: Tue Jun 5 16:04:16 2012 +0100 uxa: Check for DPMS off before scheduling a WAIT_ON_EVENT

[Compiz] [Bug 111939] Re: Alt-Tab - Not possible to alt-tab during a drag-and-drop operation

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Milestone: maverick-round-8-potpourri => quantal-11-misc -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/111939 Title: Alt-Tab - Not possible to alt-

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

*** Bug 52470 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/755841 Title: [sandybridge] Graphics tearing when playing video To manage

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

If you have an unredirected fullscreen DRI2 application, then it will use pageflipping to update the scanout upon a SwapBuffers. So something as simple as 'mplayer -fs -vo gl' should be enough to achieve tear-free playback on most DE (you may have to tweak a few compositor settings if using one tho

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

By other OS, I presume you mean the ones that *only* support pageflipping compositors? Which for the reasons highlighted above work just fine. IVB in theory supports vsync'ed writes to the scanout, give or take a few hundred microseconds in signal latency between the display engine and the render

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

Reclaiming ownership, downgrading priority since this is impossible to fix without compromise with the current hardware support. For the foolhardy, you may like to try Option "TearFree" "true". It basically runs another compositor layer between the framebuffer and the scanout, so a major waste of m

[Compiz] [Bug 145704] Re: Same tooltip on both workspaces when using Gnome Classic

Hi Edu, Thanks a lot for the new description. I've updated it and we'll see what the Gnome Classic maintainers have to say. ** Description changed: - To reproduce: Use Compiz effects, either normal or extra. Put the mouse - over any of the two workspaces in the switcher, both show the same toolt

[Compiz] [Bug 145704] Re: Same tooltip on both workspaces when using Compiz

Hi Edu, Thanks a lot for your response. I've opened a task on Gnome Panel. Can you please take a look at the description is still valid now, or if it needs updating? ** Also affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - Same tooltip on both work

[Compiz] [Bug 145704] Re: Same tooltip on both workspaces when using Compiz

Hi Edu, Thanks a lot for the feedback. Since this is not an issue on Unity, I'll close the papercut task. It would indeed be helpful to know if this is an issue on Gnome Classic, but I wouldn't say that's a high priority, although if you want to test it then that would be great. ** Changed in: h

[Compiz] [Bug 145704] Re: Same tooltip on both workspaces when using Compiz

Thanks a lot for reporting this. Can you please confirm whether or not this is still an issue in 12.04? ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to a duplicate bu

[Compiz] [Bug 391479] Re: Child Windows [of Synaptic/update manager] should remain in the same desktop as the parent window

Removing assignee since several years have passed since the original assingment. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391479 Title: Child Windows [of Synaptic/update manager]

[Compiz] [Bug 391479] Re: Child Windows [of Synaptic/update manager] should remain in the same desktop as the parent window

Thanks a lot for reporting this. Can you please confirm if it's still a problem in 12.04? ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Triaged => Incomplete ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Assignee: Travis Watkins (amaranth) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because y

Re: [Compiz] [Bug 926357] Re: Windows can be hidden on another workspace

The criteria is that there is nothing trivial about working in Compiz, and anything it touches automatically ceases to be a papercut. Even the most trivial sounding problems have fairly complex solutions. On 12 June 2012 20:35, Eddie Dunn wrote: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaperCut > > Not a paper

[Compiz] [Bug 926357] Re: Windows can be hidden on another workspace

Thanks a lot for reporting this, however since this seems to be an issue with the way Compiz, or at least some other part of that stack, manages the contents of the different workspaces, this does not qualify as a papercut. ** Also affects: compiz (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: N

[Compiz] [Bug 774060] Re: snap to grid preview behaves slightly differently on the right edge

I'm not able to reproduce this in 12.04. I'm going to mark it as fixed, but please feel free to reopen it if you still suffer from it. ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released ** Changed in: compiz

[Compiz] [Bug 755841]

*** Bug 43674 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/755841 Title: [sandybridge] Graphics tearing when playing video To manage

[Compiz] [Bug 806980] Re: Compiz should handle "inappropriate" images as skydomes better

Thanks a lot for reporting this, however any work being carried out that far down the stack, ie in the realm of the window manager, is non- trivial and so is outwith the scope of the papercuts project. ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notific

[Compiz] [Bug 627195] Re: Apps raised from indicators sometimes dont have the focus

Thanks for forwarding this to the paper cuts project, however it unfortunately doesn't qualify for inclusion there as any work this far down into the stack, ie at the level of the window manager, is non- trivial and so cannot be considered a paper cut. ** No longer affects: hundredpapercuts -- Y

[Compiz] [Bug 657032] Re: Resize area of title bar is too small when using Compiz

Is there a reason this bug isn't marked as a duplicate of bug #160311? If fixing that will fix this, then is there any reason to have two reports? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne