On Sam, 2009-03-14 at 10:57 -0700, Alex Goebel wrote: > Package: compiz-fusion-plugins-main > Version: 0.7.6-1 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > > There is a syncronizaton/race problem with compiz and recent NVIDIA > cards and drivers [1]. It results in screen corruption by having parts > of the screen not refreshed. > A small workaround is comitted upsream to compiz/workarounds (sic!) > [2]. Would be nice to have that one backported and included in the > next debian package. > > > [1] http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=129711 > [2] > http://gitweb.compiz-fusion.org/?p=fusion/plugins/workarounds;a=commit;h=46960f12a9d213e5f0e841557e2ed2f7ea18cc79
IMO glXWaitX is actually not really just a workaround but a valid solution. Ironically, an nVidia engineer disagreed on this on the upstream xorg mailing list, but without providing a rationale. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
