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mrtnfs

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Registered: 2011-05-21

Posts: 18

annoying problem with the effects

Hello, I have a problem with the kde desktop. 3 out of 4 times that I start session I have no transparency, and no effects. the top panel (which generally has a slight transparency) is dark, for example. I have to logout and log back. seem to be very random, sometimes I have to log 2 or 3 times so that everything works, sometimes 5 or 6. when the problem appears is always the same.

I have installed the latest version of kde, I have a video card ATI 6580, opensource drivers. (try the proprietary drivers, but it was the same)
I can provide more information, just ask

I am not so new to linux and I can usually solve most of my problems, but this has me crazy.

Rexilion

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Registered: 2013-12-23

Posts: 784

Re: annoying problem with the effects

I have seen another report of someone only having effects on the initial login. Does it help to enable/disable the effects?

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LucetLux

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Registered: 2013-08-16

Posts: 165

Re: annoying problem with the effects

I was having the same problem when I used the opensource drivers, the only thing I found to kinda get around it was to delete .kde4/share/config/kwinrc each time I wanted to reboot, that of course also gets rid of all of your workspace settings, not ideal.

You can try the workaround proposed on this thread https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=175973 it didn't quite work for me, but maybe you are lucky.

BTW, this doesn't happen to me when I use the proprietary drivers, make sure you didn't miss any steps when installing those, like running "aticonfig --initial" to generate xorg.conf.

mrtnfs

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Registered: 2011-05-21

Posts: 18

Re: annoying problem with the effects

thanks for the reply. I'm trying mesa-git. looks better, I reboot 2 times and so far no problems, we will see ..