Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-26 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 23 March 2011 13:34:27 Bill Longman wrote: > On 03/22/2011 11:57 PM, Mick wrote: > >> My kernel is 2.6.36-r5 gentoo-sources running on the AMD Athlon II X4 > >> machine: > >> $ zgrep RADEON /proc/config.gz > >> CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m > >> CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y > >> CONFIG_FB_RADEON=y >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-23 Thread Bill Longman
On 03/22/2011 11:57 PM, Mick wrote: >> My kernel is 2.6.36-r5 gentoo-sources running on the AMD Athlon II X4 >> machine: >> $ zgrep RADEON /proc/config.gz >> CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m >> CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y >> CONFIG_FB_RADEON=y >> CONFIG_FB_RADEON_I2C=y >> CONFIG_FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT=y >> # CONFIG_FB

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-22 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 23 March 2011 00:16:46 Bill Longman wrote: > Well after fifteen minutes of no crashes, here are my settings: > > $ emerge -pv xorg-server mesa cairo $(qlist -IC x11-drivers) > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-22 Thread Bill Longman
On 03/22/2011 03:32 PM, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 22 March 2011 16:45:54 Dale wrote: >> Bill Longman wrote: >>> On 03/20/2011 12:09 PM, Mick wrote: On Sunday 20 March 2011 18:38:00 Mick wrote: > On Saturday 19 March 2011 23:02:11 Jorge Martínez López wrote: >> I also have an ATI card an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-22 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: On Tuesday 22 March 2011 16:45:54 Dale wrote: I have a very similar setup and it works fine here, AMD Phenom II X4 955 Deneb 3.2GHz with a Nvidia GT-220 video card. I also have the SB700/SB800 chipset as well, Gigabyte mobo. The biggest difference I see is the video card as far

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-22 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 22 March 2011 16:45:54 Dale wrote: > Bill Longman wrote: > > On 03/20/2011 12:09 PM, Mick wrote: > >> On Sunday 20 March 2011 18:38:00 Mick wrote: > >>> On Saturday 19 March 2011 23:02:11 Jorge Martínez López wrote: > I also have an ATI card and I do suffer the slow compositing. I s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-22 Thread Dale
Bill Longman wrote: On 03/20/2011 12:09 PM, Mick wrote: On Sunday 20 March 2011 18:38:00 Mick wrote: On Saturday 19 March 2011 23:02:11 Jorge Martínez López wrote: I also have an ATI card and I do suffer the slow compositing. I solved it by switching back to the classic Mesa

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-22 Thread Bill Longman
On 03/20/2011 12:09 PM, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 20 March 2011 18:38:00 Mick wrote: >> On Saturday 19 March 2011 23:02:11 Jorge Martínez López wrote: >>> I also have an ATI card and I do suffer the slow compositing. I solved >>> it by switching back to the classic Mesa (instead of Gallium). >> >> Th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-20 Thread Mick
On Sunday 20 March 2011 18:38:00 Mick wrote: > On Saturday 19 March 2011 23:02:11 Jorge Martínez López wrote: > > I also have an ATI card and I do suffer the slow compositing. I solved > > it by switching back to the classic Mesa (instead of Gallium). > > Thanks Jorge, > > I switched to classic t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-20 Thread Mick
On Saturday 19 March 2011 23:02:11 Jorge Martínez López wrote: > I also have an ATI card and I do suffer the slow compositing. I solved > it by switching back to the classic Mesa (instead of Gallium). Thanks Jorge, I switched to classic too and now it does not crash - however: 1. When I start kd

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-19 Thread Jorge Martínez López
I also have an ATI card and I do suffer the slow compositing. I solved it by switching back to the classic Mesa (instead of Gallium). Cheers, -- Jorge Martínez López http://www.jorgeml.net

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-19 Thread Mick
On Saturday 19 March 2011 18:17:23 Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > Some digging around helped a bit - I switched in SystemSettings/Desktop > > Effects, the Compositing Type from OpenGL to XRender and now it does not > > suspend (although 'wobbly windows' and 'Desktop Cube Animation' are > > disabled.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-19 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: Some digging around helped a bit - I switched in SystemSettings/Desktop Effects, the Compositing Type from OpenGL to XRender and now it does not suspend (although 'wobbly windows' and 'Desktop Cube Animation' are disabled. In E17 which I use daily the compositing works fine, until I

[gentoo-user] Re: Compositing too slow in KDE

2011-03-19 Thread Mick
On Saturday 19 March 2011 17:34:05 you wrote: > I don't often launch the full KDE DE, so was surprised when I just tried it > and a pop up said: > > "Compositing was too slow and has been suspended. > If this was only a temporary problem, you can " > > I can't see the rest of the message (it's h