xfce slow redraw in 12.1

andrew.46 · 05-09-2008, 05:29 PM

I read the following in CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT for 12.1:

Quote:

If you notice Xfce's Terminal and perhaps some other applications being drawn
very slowly in X, then you should try explicitly disabling the Composite
extension in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, or set XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 in your
environment prior to starting X. For more information on this, see:
http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2792

and I was wondering how people have been best resolving the problem, either with a setting in xorg.conf or setting XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 or another method?

Andrew

chess · 05-09-2008, 06:59 PM

Disabling the composite extension in xorg.conf took care of the problem for me.

Code:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

shadowsnipes · 05-09-2008, 08:11 PM

For an example of simply setting XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1, please refer to the Miscellaneous Fixes section of my HowTo: Upgrade Slackware 12.0 to 12.1. That section goes over this and other things included in the CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT.

andrew.46 · 05-09-2008, 08:36 PM

Thanks for that:

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadowsnipes

For an example of simply setting XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1, please refer to the Miscellaneous Fixes section of my HowTo: Upgrade Slackware 12.0 to 12.1. That section goes over this and other things included in the CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT.

In fact setting this in the manner you suggested cured the fairly nasty looking problem. An extraordinarily useful post you have there, thanks for making the effort :-)

Andrew

shadowsnipes · 05-09-2008, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrew.46

Thanks for that:

In fact setting this in the manner you suggested cured the fairly nasty looking problem. An extraordinarily useful post you have there, thanks for making the effort :-)

Andrew

No problem

It helps me, too, as I have a checklist that I don't have to worry about losing

Mig21 · 05-10-2008, 07:00 PM

Thanks guys, I wouldn't have thought of reading CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT