Indeed, we're currently only allowing crash fixes into the distro. My sincerest apologies over the confusion with this, it was a good fix, but breaks of the ABI breaks there was some confusion caused. The non-ABI breaking fix will be in the next SRU.
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Daniel van Vugt <vanv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks to Didier for clarifying... This fix missed the oneiric release > but will be in the first update. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Unity > Bugs, which is subscribed to unity. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/763005 > > Title: > Compiz's "Sync to Vblank" makes display stutter/slow with some drivers > (like fglrx) > > Status in Compiz: > Fix Committed > Status in Unity: > Fix Committed > Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: > In Progress > Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > This bug has been found to affect users of fglrx (ATI/AMD) and Intel > graphics drivers. NVIDIA users should look to bug 92599 instead. > > TEST CASE: > > Make sure "Sync To VBlank" is enabled in the OpenGL section of > CompizConfig Settings Manager. In Ubuntu 11.04 it is enabled by > default. > > fglrx: Drag some windows around. Also open and close windows. The > animations will not be smooth as they appear to stutter. The framerate > is only around 20-30Hz. > > intel and possibly any driver: Press WinKey+S or WinKey+W rapidly to > trigger the expo/workspace animations. These are full-screen > animations. But are they silky-smooth? > > Now turn "Sync To VBlank" off and repeat the above steps again. If you > notice the animations are much smoother than with "Sync To VBlank" on > then you are suffering from this bug. > > ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: > > Package: fglrx > Version: 2:8.840-0ubuntu2 > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Juniper > [Radeon HD 5700 Series] > > I have ATI's 5770 with fglrx. Having "Sync to Vblank" on makes Unity > and many Compiz features (Enhanced Zoom, Scale etc.) really slow. > Turning "Sync to Vblank" off has a huge effect on desktop, > responsiveness is much, much better. Turning "tearing" off/on from > amdccle doesn't seem to have any effect on responsiveness. > > In Maverick "Sync to Vblank" was off by default, in Natty it's on. > This will probably have a huge impact on many fglrx users. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/763005/+subscriptions > -- Sam Spilsbury -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/763005 Title: Compiz's "Sync to Vblank" makes display stutter/slow with some drivers (like fglrx) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/763005/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz Post to : compiz@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
