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tad

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Registered: 2006-12-08

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Disable Composite extension without xorg.conf

I'm running Arch on a Thinkpad X31, and everything works nicely without an xorg.conf (which is just how I like it). However, in my quest for minimalism, I've noticed that the Composite extension is loaded, which slows down window rendering when running non-compositing window managers. So, how do I disable it without compromising my minimalistic ideals?

Rasi

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Re: Disable Composite extension without xorg.conf

i highly doubt having composite slows down the computer, espacally on non-composite window managers, since composite only affects opengl windows anyway...

Apart from that X theoretically can be run with command line switches, but i havent been able to find one for composite...

Last edited by Rasi (2009-03-11 09:04:54)

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tad

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Registered: 2006-12-08

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Re: Disable Composite extension without xorg.conf

I have given up and made a simple xorg.conf, with only an "Extensions" section to disable Composite. Indeed, there is a difference; Firefox now scrolls quite smoothly, and switching between full-screen windows in wmii is noticably quicker. Perhaps it's my crappy video card (or the x.org radeon driver).

Gen2ly

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Re: Disable Composite extension without xorg.conf

If you're using KDE you can enable/disable their desktop effects with Alt+Shift+F12.

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