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snoxu

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Registered: 2010-01-24

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Intel SNA for XFCE and Glamor for KDE: DE aware xorg config possible?

Hey gang )

I have a bit of a dilema. I have Intel graphics on my notebook.

I run KDE with Glamor enable which allows for tear free windows when moving.

For XFCE I'm forced to use SNA other wise it crashes as soon as I open any windows.

My dilema is related to 720p 60fps video playback. In KDE with glamor 60fps video it is very choppy. In XFCE with SNA video playback is very smooth virtually glitchless.

I setup the Acceleration method in 20-intel.conf as advised in the Wiki. I'm wondering if can be configured to be desktop environment aware and load glamor or sna accordingly.

Thanks in advanced.

Last edited by snoxu (2014-04-15 19:26:06)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Intel SNA for XFCE and Glamor for KDE: DE aware xorg config possible?

I don't know about your question with regards to DE-specific config's, but have you tried using the

Option     "TearFree"     "True"

along with SNA in your 20-intel.conf file? It works well for me to reduce tearing; mind you I use dwm so I'm not hyper-critical of the issue...

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snoxu

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Registered: 2010-01-24

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Re: Intel SNA for XFCE and Glamor for KDE: DE aware xorg config possible?

Thanks I completely overlooked the tearfree setting.

sna + tearfree seems to fix most of my issues.

Thanks again for the quick reply and fix.

Last edited by snoxu (2014-04-15 19:28:15)

snoxu

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Re: Intel SNA for XFCE and Glamor for KDE: DE aware xorg config possible?

May have spoken too soon.

Tearfree solves the issue of window tearing under KDE, but 60fps 720p video playback just doesn't seem as smooth as under XFCE.

Last edited by snoxu (2014-04-15 19:54:41)

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Re: Intel SNA for XFCE and Glamor for KDE: DE aware xorg config possible?

A possible solution to start X with different config files :

create /etc/X11/xfce.conf & /etc/X11/kde.conf folders.
copy the 20-intel.conf file from /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d to both folders
edit them so xfce.conf/20-intel.conf you have sna as accel method, and for kde.conf/20-intel.conf glamor.

To start xfce , use : startx -config xfce.conf

for kde : startx -config kde.conf

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