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vladuz976

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From: Venice, CA

Registered: 2005-11-04

Posts: 108

windows not responsive e17

hi, i am using enlightenment 17 with:                                           
Arch Linux 0.7.1                                                               
Xorg                                     
AMD Athlon xp                                                               
512 Mb RAM                               
120 Seagate 7200rpm                       
Nvidia GeForce 64Mb   

when i move my windows around i get this redrawing problem.  You can see
that also on my screenshot:
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Is that the window manager's fault or Arch? or do i need more memory?

smoon

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Registered: 2005-08-22

Posts: 468

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Re: windows not responsive e17

I don't think you've too less memory. What driver do you use for your graphics card? Try the binary one from Nvidia (`pacman -S nvidia' resp. nvidia-legacy if your card is too old) if you don't use it already. You should also enable RenderAccel.

Section "Device"
        ...
        Driver      "nvidia"
        Option      "RenderAccel"               "true"
        ...
EndSection

Maybe it's just a bug in the e-version you currently use. Did you compile it yourself or do you use it from anyone's repo? I'm using the version from fouiny_repo which works flawless for me:

[fouiny_repo]
Server = http://elusseau.free.fr/arch/fouiny_repo/

vladuz976

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From: Venice, CA

Registered: 2005-11-04

Posts: 108

Re: windows not responsive e17

I don't think you've too less memory. What driver do you use for your graphics card? Try the binary one from Nvidia (`pacman -S nvidia' resp. nvidia-legacy if your card is too old) if you don't use it already. You should also enable RenderAccel.

Section "Device"
        ...
        Driver      "nvidia"
        Option      "RenderAccel"               "true"
        ...
EndSection

Maybe it's just a bug in the e-version you currently use. Did you compile it yourself or do you use it from anyone's repo? I'm using the version from fouiny_repo which works flawless for me:

[fouiny_repo]
Server = http://elusseau.free.fr/arch/fouiny_repo/

I actually build it from source (cvs), but it's not just with this version of e. it's been like that and even back on ubuntu i had the same problem.

postlogic

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Registered: 2005-02-24

Posts: 410

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Re: windows not responsive e17

Which gfx card do you have, and which drivers do you use? This might even be a faulty chipset. But let's not get hasty with the conclusions ;-)

vladuz976

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From: Venice, CA

Registered: 2005-11-04

Posts: 108

Re: windows not responsive e17

Which gfx card do you have, and which drivers do you use? This might even be a faulty chipset. But let's not get hasty with the conclusions ;-)

i use nvidia 1.0.7676-4

here is some output from hwd:

VGA compatible controller
  nv              : nVidia Corp.|NV18 GeForce4 MX440 AGP 8x

kth5

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Registered: 2004-04-29

Posts: 657

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Re: windows not responsive e17

taken from the nvidia readme in /usr/share/doc

Option "RenderAccel" "boolean"

    Enable or disable hardware acceleration of the RENDER extension. THIS
    OPTION IS EXPERIMENTAL. ENABLE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. Default: hardware
    acceleration of the RENDER extension is disabled.

i know that lots of people enable it per default but then wonder why something hangs the X server. especially qt applications which seem to make heavy use of the Render extension. i've seen several cards that had problems, including a MX440 and 5200FX card.

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I recognize that while theory and practice are, in theory, the same, they are, in practice, different. -Mark Mitchell

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: windows not responsive e17

Uhh, I think I should throw in a comment about E17 still being under heavy development. The latest version from CVS might work... And it might not.

vladuz976

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From: Venice, CA

Registered: 2005-11-04

Posts: 108

Re: windows not responsive e17

I use the newest version.  I compile it from cvs. Also, I changed Render Accel from "false" to "true" to see if it makes a difference.

atze

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From: Netherlands (Leiden)

Registered: 2005-10-22

Posts: 76

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Re: windows not responsive e17

Hee, if the newest CVS doesn't help could you unload the dropshadow module?

enlightenment_remote -module-unload dropshadow

When moving windows, de dropshadow module is pretty heavy actually en it gives the same picture as your screenshot

Greetinx Atze