Re: various problems with compiz
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 18:10 +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
> * Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using compiz on an r300 since a bit before it's in debian, and I
> > have some recurring problems I'd like to if they are fixable:
> > - xcreensaver doesn't work at all: even when I launch the settings
> > and press "preview", I only have a black screen (GL or X11 hacks).
> > - totem-gstreamer can't play fullscreen if using Xv: the window
> > seems to not be refreshed correctly, so it's not painted with the
> > overlay color, so the video displays only partially or not at all.
> > - eog doesn't work well fullscreen (displays only partially, looks
> > like the same problem as totem).
> > - evince and epiphany sometimes flicker a lot when fullscreen.
>
> I am unable to reproduce any of these on my i915-based card. They could be
> r300 specific.
>
> > I tried toggling the "unredirect fullscreen windows" without much
> > succes. Now I'm a bit lost, and I'd like to know if these problems are
> > general to compiz or composited X11, or if it's just my setup.
>
> Which exact version are you running? If you have an account on Alioth you can
> clone the git repository where I've just packaged the latest upstream version
> (0.3.4):
>
> $ git-clone ssh://alioth.debian.org/git/pkg-xorg/app/compiz.git
>
> Does anyone know how to access these anonymously?
>
> If that doesn't work I'd say it's most likely an r300 issue. You could try a
> combination of new libdrm and Mesa, but that is pretty hard to setup
> currently.
I don't have an account on alioth. Maybe I'll try a new drm/mesa combo
soon, because I have some regular lockups too (daily), which didn't
happen without compiz. But last time I tried drm/mesa from git/cvs were
quite unstable.
Thanks,
Xav
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