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#1 2009-03-09 04:54:02

lonecat
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Registered: 2008-06-18
Posts: 32

Some problem related to compiz. Not-refreshing windows.

Hi all,
My laptop works well with compiz. Ever since xorg-server 1.5 appeared it stopped working smoothly until today. The reason was ubuntu tongue I noticed that on the same hardware it was behaving A LOT more smooth than on my laptop. So i tried the live-cd and found out that indeed IT WAS SMOOTH. So i started to tweak my settings. Made a minimal Xorg.conf:
My Graphics Adapter is an Intel GM965 (X3100 i think). My hardware is listed here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Son … GN_NR320FH

# Cut the Crap ® Xorg.conf by Jose (Not really).

Section "Device"
  Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
  Driver        "intel"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier     "Default Screen"
  Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
  Device        "Configured Video Device"
  DefaultDepth    24
EndSection

Good, it did made things a little better. But what changed everything radically was enabling Loose Binding (right click in fusion-icon then Compiz Options).
That improved everything waaaay too much.
The problem is that now some windows don't want to refresh themselves. Let me explain, if I open "Appearance" on System Preferences, The window will show itself but won't respond *Visually* to anything. It will however respond to *Events* such as Clicking or KeyDowns. Also, if I minimize the window, and restore it, it will be refreshed and working (most of the time).

Also, I'm now using Murrina-svn from AUR. I don't have a clue where to start looking for answers, but maybe someone has already have the same problem and could share the experience here as well.
Please excuse me if this was already posted, I've been looking around and maybe using the wrong queries, cause I haven't found anything yet.

Also as a second problem, there is this thing: Gnome-do AND xbindkeys won't load their config when gnome starts. I have to start a terminal and kill both gnome-do and xbindkeys and restart them from the terminal in order to make them work as expected (for gnome-do with docky enabled and xbindkeys with all my binds working).

Thanks in advance for the help!

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#2 2009-03-09 14:57:16

lonecat
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Registered: 2008-06-18
Posts: 32

Re: Some problem related to compiz. Not-refreshing windows.

It seems there's been actually some activity around the net regarding this issue:
http://www.google.com.co/search?hl=es&c … scar&meta=
http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/Troublesh … fc70580482  (Windows don't update)

I've tried adding     Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" to my Xorg.conf Device Section. For now (5 minutes testing) it seems it works, I'll se if this is real and report back in the night.

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#3 2009-03-09 16:20:56

lonecat
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Registered: 2008-06-18
Posts: 32

Re: Some problem related to compiz. Not-refreshing windows.

Ok, some other problem arises. Some glitchy redrawing, specially on the panel and the window title. And the problem seems to persist. So it seems no luck. Isn't there a way to get decent performance on an Intel GMA965? (Like with loose binding but without the drawbacks?)
Some Screenshots:
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7997/pantallazow.png
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9839/pantallazo1d.png

Also. I noticed that on new Dell Inspiron 1525 with almose the same hardware as my Laptop, Compiz works pretty well WITHOUT Loose Binding.
So there must be another way!
Can someone please Help me?

EDIT: BTW ubuntu's Xorg.conf is minimal, just as the one posted here first (without any additional options.)

Last edited by lonecat (2009-03-09 16:25:57)

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#4 2009-03-10 05:49:33

lonecat
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Registered: 2008-06-18
Posts: 32

Re: Some problem related to compiz. Not-refreshing windows.

Suddenly I see the light again. This time the winner is:

# Cut the Crap ® Xorg.conf by Jose (Not really).

Section "Device"
  Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
  Driver        "intel"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier     "Default Screen"
  Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
  Device        "Configured Video Device"
  DefaultDepth    24 
EndSection 

Section "Module"
     Load  "dri"
     Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
     Mode 0666
EndSection

With Loose Binding Enabled.
Reporting tomorrow hopefully with good news.

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#5 2009-04-05 15:41:53

lonecat
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Registered: 2008-06-18
Posts: 32

Re: Some problem related to compiz. Not-refreshing windows.

Nah didn't work. I just took too long to reply. I'm still looking for something that works (Maybe building a LFS system tongue nah, too much work...or not?)
No really, is there anyone who has a GMA965 working exceptionally cool?

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