Yep Chris, it's specific to nvidia binary driver users. I've not had the problem when using nouveau, nor on other computers using the open source radeon drivers (or fglrx for that matter). https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/92599 (which is an issue with nvidia's DynamicTwinView feature not reporting the correct refresh rate) apparently got fixed, which is what you might be seeing in the code with forced 60Hz
Opening CCSM and typing 60 and pressing enter in the refresh rate box makes the desktop super smooth on my machine (from choppy). This is using the packaged nvidia binary driver in 14.04 (but it's been happening for many releases now). It doesn't remember the setting across reboots though. Is there some way I can check what refresh rate compiz is actually using? The field in CCSM is blank each time I start it. Does compiz have a debug mode that shows info about how it's detecting refresh rate, and how it's making its decision maybe? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1192028 Title: Compiz refresh rate resets to 50 Hz automatically Status in Compiz: Confirmed Status in One Hundred Papercuts: Incomplete Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: There have been similar bug reports to this one, such as bug #1009338 and bug #1027868, but I believe this case is different. The problem I am having is that even after I set the refresh rate options in compiz to 60 Hz (after disabling the "Detect Refresh Rate" option), a reboot will have the settings revert. If I change settings in the compiz config settings manager, they should remain even after a reboot. --- .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: u'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 313.30 Wed Mar 27 16:56:45 PDT 2013 GCC version: gcc version 4.7.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.3-1ubuntu1) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,staticswitcher,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,dbus] CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true DistUpgraded: 2013-04-28 10:18:35,447 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: raring DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation G84M [GeForce 8600M GT] [10de:0407] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:022e] InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-16 (611 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1530 MarkForUpload: True NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.04.18.1~13.04-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: all ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-23-generic root=UUID=67324911-aae9-47ca-a177-6c818959ed59 ro quiet splash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-23.34-generic 3.8.11 Tags: raring raring ubuntu compiz-0.9 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-23-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-28 (50 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare vboxusers video dmi.bios.date: 11/19/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A12 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA12:bd11/19/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1530:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS M1530 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.04.18.1~13.04-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.1.1-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.1.1-0ubuntu3 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2b2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.6-0ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.7-0ubuntu1 xserver.bootTime: Mon Jun 17 17:22:09 2013 xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/1192028/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
