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Huskehn

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Registered: 2012-02-06

Posts: 13

X windows not updating sometimes with proprietary nvidia drivers

This is kind of hard to explain. I used nouveau for a while, and then switched over to the proprietary nvidia drivers. I have installed nvidia, nvidia-utils, lib32-nvidia-utils and opencl-nvidia. They are all version 295.33-1. I am using XFCE and Compiz on Arch x86_64. I've created an /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf file, with the contents:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 295.33  (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-08.nvidia.com)  Sat Mar 17 15:58:33 PDT 2012

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "1"
    Option         "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
    Option         "DamageEvents" "1"
    Option         "Coolbits" "1"
    Option         "DPI" "94 x 94"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

The problem is, occasionally some windows won't update when there are changes in them. An easy example is Thunar - sometimes I'll open a folder and the folder will open, but the window will not change until I move my mouse it - then, when files are selected, they are actually drawn to the screen. Another example is compizconfig-settings-manager, where I'll change between tabs/settings on it and the window will not change at all sometimes until I select items with my mouse, and they are then highlighted and drawn to the screen. Here is a screenshot of the issue. Thanks for any help!

Last edited by Huskehn (2012-03-25 14:48:59)