Re: FC9 - S-L-O-W video

["Patrick O'Callaghan" <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 09:03 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Just an observation, on two machines which were perfectly usable with 
> FC8, after "upgrade" they are really nasty to use in terms of video. 
> Moving a windows leaves a comet trail of window outlines which take 1-2 
> seconds to clear, minimizing a window results in a trail of shrinking 
> outlines, the minimize takes seconds and a few seconds after that for 
> the outlines to fade.
> 
> This feels like vista, in the names of cool features the video has been 
> made painfully slow. All under GNOME, I expect issues with the new KDE, 
> but if this is the "improved" X, the code or the default configuration 
> is aimed at either gamers with $500 video cards or people who like eye 
> candy and effects so much they want time to appreciate them.

Works for me, and I have only an onboard Intel 965 chipset. I have just
one issue: on switching desktops under KDE I get noise in the new window
for a fraction of a second. It seems to happen only with Gnome windows
(evolution, firefox). Otherwise, everything is fine.

poc

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