[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-10-28 Thread Alexander Rødseth
I use KDE 4.1 on Intrepid and every KDE-session I've had so far has ended with a completely black screen and no reaction when moving the mouse. I have a Radeon HD3850 with a working fglrx driver. -- blank screen with kwin effects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182288 You received this bug notifi

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-10-24 Thread Dann S. Washko
I can verify that this problem exists for nvidia cards and intrepid. I enabled compositing on two seperate systems with nvidia cards and after hitthing the apply button in some cases I was presented with a black screen and mouse cursor. On the second system, I don't recall enabling compositing ef

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-10-14 Thread TWO
Jonathan Thomas, I'm not so sure that the bug has been fixed with 4.1. When I ran KDE4 under Hardy Heron 8.04 and had desktop effects enabled, logging in was never a problem. However, I have found that with Intrepid Ibex 8.10 Beta and KDE 4.1.2, attempting a log-in after a session in which desktop

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-09-09 Thread Craig Magina
I just added the [Compositing] Enabled=false to my .kde/config/kwinrc and it now loads the desktop just fine. -- blank screen with kwin effects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182288 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ub

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-09-09 Thread Craig Magina
The latest updates to kubuntu intrepid ibex seem to make this situation the default. I performed a fresh install of Alpha 5 on my desktop, which has an ATI HD3870, ran the updater in adept then rebooted the machine. KDM loads fine but after I enter my credentials, I get a white screen followed by

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-09-04 Thread Jonathan Thomas
This bug was fixed in 4.1. ** Changed in: kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- blank screen with kwin effects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182288 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- u

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-05-28 Thread Yuriy Kozlov
** Changed in: kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: kdebase-kde4 => kdebase-workspace -- blank screen with kwin effects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182288 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs maili

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-05-10 Thread Harald Sitter
** Also affects: kdebase Importance: Undecided Status: New -- blank screen with kwin effects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182288 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-04-27 Thread Andrew McNicol
Ivan Baykov: Your simple solution worked perfectly for me. I played around with visualisation settings in KDE4 and, when logging back in, I was greeted with a black screen and a white mouse cursor. Everything functioned as normal, but I just couldn't see anything. Changing the compositing setting

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-04-07 Thread Ivan Baykov
Hello! I think, the better solution is to edit file ~/.kde4/share/config/kwinrc and to replace [Compositing] Enabled=true with [Compositing] Enabled=false After saving the file, just restart xserver ang customize effects with System settings > Desktop Ivan -- bl

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-04-06 Thread Mr. Wep
Hey! A temporary solution that lets you use desktop effects! I found it at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=676148 In the "All effects" tab enable "Present Windows" in the "Appearance" section. Click onto Settings and at the top select an option to activate the effect when the cursor is m

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-04-01 Thread tacsko
I've experienced almost the same things as Mr. Wep. I've got a Nvidia 7600GS, and using the nvidia module from nvidia-glx-new package. According to the Xorg log everything is fine, but when I set SystemSettings/Desktop/DesktopEffects/AdvancedOptions/CompositionType from XRender to OpenGL, the whole

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-03-27 Thread Mr. Wep
Hi all, I have a similar problem. I'm running Kubuntu Hardy and have a Nvidia 8800GTS graphics card, drivers up to date, system updated as well. When I activate desktop effects, everything works, they look gorgeous and seem to work nearly flawlessly. But... when I log out and attempt to log in on

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-02-19 Thread Stephan
I just had the same issue on a machine where previously kwin effects worked OK. After narrowing down which change actually produced the black screen I found the following combination to reproducibly trigger the bug: + On tab "General" enable desktop effects + On tab "All Effects" disable "Login/Log

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-02-19 Thread Richard Johnson
Confirming due to comments. I have a few machines here with Intel, NVidia, and ATI graphics cards and I have been able to get the kwin effects working on all of them. I have only experienced this type of issue with the ATI card and not having it properly configured in order to do the compositing. D

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-02-15 Thread Stephan
Different card (nVidia GeForce4) but same effect. Specifically: + with driver "nv": enabling special effects: black screen, showing only the mouse pointer. I tried individual effects, and it suffices to enable "Desktop Grid" to trigger the bug. + with driver "nvidia" from nvidia-glx: no blac

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-02-14 Thread Ralph Janke
** Tags added: kde4 -- blank screen with kwin effects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182288 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

[Bug 182288] Re: blank screen with kwin effects

2008-01-20 Thread PaBi3
Same problem with my ATI Radeon X1250 (integrated in motherboard ASUS M2A-VM HDMI) and fglrx drivers. After enabling all special effects I got a black screen (but it was not flashing). -- blank screen with kwin effects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182288 You received this bug notification beca