On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 03:37:13AM -0500, a.list.address@gmail.com wrote:
> With the recent move of X.org into testing, I installed it, upgraded
> KDE to 3.4 from unstable, and proceeded to try out the new stuff.
> Shadows work great, but as soon as I turn on translucency, the
> computer locks up hard. Well, I can move the mouse cursor, but that
> is absolutely it. No keyboard input works at all--can't change VTs,
> can't restart X. No mouse clicking works. It took several hard
> resets before I figured out that translucency was the cause.
>
> Since these special effects in X.org are known to be somewhat unstable
> right now, should I file a bug on this, or just wait for a new
> release? It obviously doesn't have this effect on everyone's system,
> or else no one would use translucency at all, so perhaps it's an issue
> with Debian's build of it?
>
> Anyway, should I file a bug or just wait? :)
>
I've tried to get shadows working with xcompmgr and usually as soon as I
try to move a window or roll it up, the system locks hard as well. CPU
for X goes to 100%.
I don't need to reboot, but I do have to shell in remotely and restart
X.
The problem is that I don't know where the problem lies: X.org or
xcompmgr or nvidia drivers. I did manage to get things to be stable on a
laptop with an S3 card, but without acceleration it's really too slow.
cheers
dc
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David Purton
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For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to
strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.
2 Chronicles 16:9a
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