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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    extragear/utils/yakuake
From:       Eike Hein <hein () kde ! org>
Date:       2008-08-21 17:52:53
Message-ID: 1219341173.151275.6355.nullmailer () svn ! kde ! org
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SVN commit 850534 by hein:

KDE 4 FAQ file updates:
* Help with performance problems in the form of the new nVidia 177.67 beta
  graphics drivers.
* QT_USE_NATIVE_WINDOWS workaround for the Qt 4.4 scroll corruption issue
  in the Konsole terminal widget.


 M  +16 -0     KDE4FAQ  


--- trunk/extragear/utils/yakuake/KDE4FAQ #850533:850534
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@
    and working to resolve this issue. See:
    http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=109422
 
+   Update August 19th, 2008: A new beta nVidia driver v177.67 features new
+   experimental options that appear to greatly improve KDE 4 and Yakuake
+   performance: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=118088
+   While rendering bitmap fonts still appears to be slower than rendering
+   scalable fonts on my own 8800GTX, the difference is significantly redu-
+   ced to the point of being usable again. The window animation has gene-
+   rally become considerably faster as well, matching or exceeding what is
+   found in the KDE 3 version when using a scalable font.
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Q: There's a flicker in the animation when closing the window. What about
@@ -80,3 +89,10 @@
    March 10th, 2008. Depending on how the situation develops, this work-
    around may be included with KDE 4.1 and possibly backported to a 4.0.x
    release.
+
+   Update August 19th, 2008: This problem continues to affect Yakuake and
+   Konsole in KDE 4.1 and with the final Qt 4.4 release. As a workaround,
+   exporting QT_USE_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 in the environment to disable window-
+   less widgets in Qt prevents the problem from occuring at the cost of
+   increasing flickering during window resize back to KDE/Qt 3 levels. The
+   issue is still under investigation in cooperation with Trolltech/Nokia.
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