Re: Compositing Problem
Did not succede in downgrading (using synaptic, force version).
Same problem as downgrading to testing. Broken packages.
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> ¡Hola NVIDIA Maintainers!
>
> It seems that the new plasma version has some kind of incompatibility with
> the nvidia-legacy-304xx packages in sid. The following mail reports that
> using the nvidia packages from backports works as expected.
>
> In the kde team we are not using nvidia cards, so we can't reproduce/test
> this. And frankly, this might be way out of our league. :( Thus the request
> for help.
>
> Is this issue known to you?
> Should this bug be reassigned to the nvidia packages?
> Can you reproduce it? If so, can you point us to what the problem might be?
>
> Happy hacking,
>
> El 2016-10-19 a las 23:33 -0700, Jimmy Johnson escribió:
> > On 10/12/2016 12:10 PM, David Baron wrote:
> >> Running must recent kwin, etc., with Sid nvidia-legacy-304xx driver.
> >>
> >> Window decorations slow or do not show on non-KDE windows. If they do not
> >> show, one can pretend they are there and do everything.
> >>
> >> Effects all compositing options.
> >>
> >> Where to file bug?
> >> Quick fix?
> >
> > Quick fix, force install all your 'nvidia' and 'glx' installed
> > packages back to 'Jessie-backports' and then 'lock-them' works, maybe
> > 20-24 packages that you will be locking, varies a little with my
> > installs, some I had not upgraded and I only had to lock the packages.
> > I used synaptic while in xfce4 and all your kde apps work from xfce4
> > too as a side note. Note no problem with upgrades and those files
> > being locked, at this time anyways. hehe
> >
> > There's a lot noise out there about fix's, I found nothing works for
> > me. I came up with this fix and it works. While gtk works with the
> > upgrade, plasma don't, it's a problem with plasma, you can't blame
> > nvidia and say they are not doing their part, this is a problem debian
> > plasma, I'm sure they are working on it. Seems to affect only
> > 'legacy-304' and could be a simple code error.
> >
> > With the Debian-nvidia driver: Plasma is unable to start as it could
> > not correctly use OpenGL2. Note dialog is working, sound is working,
> > no plasma.
> >
> > With the Debian-free driver, computer freeze with colorful squiggly
> > lines and I have to push the power button and repair the file system.
> >
> > David, do you have a better fix than down-grading the packages? And I
> > may not need to down grade as many packages as I do, but it works.
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