From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 8 15:11:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68B3616A4E1 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 15:11:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5256A43D45 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 15:10:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 08 Sep 2006 15:10:57 -0000 Received: from ip176-173-59-62.adsl.versatel.nl (EHLO [192.168.2.5]) [62.59.173.176] by mail.gmx.net (mp034) with SMTP; 08 Sep 2006 17:10:57 +0200 X-Authenticated: #25365336 Message-ID: <4501880D.7020609@gmx.net> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:11:09 +0200 From: Frank Staals User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060706) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jud References: <45004FC9.1060403@gmx.net> <1157664869.20711.270398866@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <1157664869.20711.270398866@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Xfce 4.3.90.2 + Xorg 6.9.0 with Compositor == SUPER buggy ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:11:06 -0000 Jud wrote: > On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:58:49 +0200, "Frank Staals" > said: > >> I recently decided to have some fun with the latest Xfce release ( or >> well; when I installed it it was, at the moment there is an RC1 ) and >> composite stuff. Allthough what I found out was that xfwm4 crashed when >> I enabled transparency for inactive windows and moved some aterms >> around. So my question was if someone else is running Xfce 4.4 beta and >> has the same problems ? And if someone has a solusion for it. I guess >> that the xorg port is the weakest link ATM. I can't imagine people >> actually using such composite settings when the wm crashes every 15 >> minutes ... so I asume it runs better with xorg7. So a sort of second >> question would be: is there an easy way of installing, but as important >> deinstalling, Xorg7 ? >> > > IIANM, Xorg 6.9 is exactly the same as 7.0, just packaged all together > (6.9) rather than in separate modules (7.0). Thus I believe the > assumption that installing 7.0 would improve matters is incorrect. > > FYI, RC1 without compositing enabled works flawlessly so far for me on > -CURRENT. I'm running Xorg 6.9, portupgraded less than a week ago. > > Jud > Hmm then I realy think the compositor needs a lot of work. When I enable the fancy effects xfce slows down to about 50% of it's speed. And indeed ; without compositor it runs flawlessly here too. -- -Frank Staals