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aquila_deus

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From: Taipei

Registered: 2005-07-02

Posts: 348

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XGL hate me.....

Everything screw up since I upgraded nvidia driver to 8847...

Xgl had never crashed before, despite of some problem with apps, but now it terminates without reason frequently when I switch consoles or x servers. I tried several settings but so far at best it may only last for a night.....

I'm restoring to old x compositing and my hacked xfwm, and the compiz (quinn's) packages will be disowned. Good bye xgl

brazzmonkey

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From: between keyboard and chair

Registered: 2006-03-16

Posts: 818

Re: XGL hate me.....

i don't get it :  you mention 8847, in official repos we have 8774, on nvidia's website, it's still 8762.
about your issue, i heard latest xgl+compiz is not very stable.

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aquila_deus

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From: Taipei

Registered: 2005-07-02

Posts: 348

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Re: XGL hate me.....

i don't get it :  you mention 8847, in official repos we have 8774, on nvidia's website, it's still 8762.
about your issue, i heard latest xgl+compiz is not very stable.

ah, mis-type, it's 1.0.8774.

compiz was very stable for me. It never crashed or screwed up before.

iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: XGL hate me.....

You can always downgrade nvidia drivers if you don't need xorg 7.1 and wait for a more stable release from nvidia. The newest xorg has alot of changes and maybe nvidia hasn't got everything sorted out stability wise yet.

aquila_deus

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From: Taipei

Registered: 2005-07-02

Posts: 348

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Re: XGL hate me.....

You can always downgrade nvidia drivers if you don't need xorg 7.1 and wait for a more stable release from nvidia. The newest xorg has alot of changes and maybe nvidia hasn't got everything sorted out stability wise yet.

I just found that it may be caused by ACPI.

On X startup it says /proc (or /dev?) /...acpi blahblah can't be found. And the crash (segmentation fault) always occured after a 1-2 sec pause when switching console or x servers. Now after I disable acpi in kernel, the pause still occurs sometimes, but Xgl doesn't crash.

I'll wait and see if it remains stable. BTW i'm going to tweak the new blur plugin, making a better desktop than vista

aquila_deus

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From: Taipei

Registered: 2005-07-02

Posts: 348

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Re: XGL hate me.....

OMG it just occurred again - and no crash!!!!

uptime: 12min!

EDIT: it crashed when I run et on a second x server... And I just modified and tested the new blur plugin (for whole window), it's cool but too slow.

pacman -Rcs compiz...