Bug#443936: xserver-xorg-video-mga: windowmaker and 1.9.99 get along terribly
kls wrote:
> I finally got around to upgrading my laptop (ATI M6LY)'s install of
> sid, and found that this is *not* a problem in the mga driver. It's a
> problem in some other random xorg component, presumably
> libxcomposite1.
>
> To work around it, I have to disable both the Composite extension and
> AIGLX -- it seems that with only one disabled the other caused it to
> be re-enabled.
>
> (Any suggestions on tracing down what's actually wrong?)
>
> (e.g.
> Section "Extensions"
> Option "Composite" "disable"
> EndSection
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "AIGLX" "no"
> EndSection
> )
>
> So I guess that means this bug should either be moved to a different
> package or closed.
>
If I understand correctly, you are seeing WindowMaker being very slow on
both MGA and ATI with Xorg 7.3 (xserver-xorg-core 1.4) when
AIGLX/Composite is enabled? And it worked fine before? Does it help if
you switch to EXA on ATI? EXA shouldn't as bad as in MGA on your board.
Brice
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