You are not logged in.
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:
[url]
http://www.vladuz976.com/screenshot.png
[/url]
Is that the window manager's fault or Arch? or do i need more memory?
Offline
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/
Offline
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.
Offline
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 ;-)
Offline
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
Offline
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.
I recognize that while theory and practice are, in theory, the same, they are, in practice, different. -Mark Mitchell
Offline
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.
Offline
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.
Offline
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
Offline