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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE4 and nvidia -> strange panel effects?
From:       Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad () users ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2008-09-10 18:35:51
Message-ID: ga9427$ib3$1 () ger ! gmane ! org
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Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> I'm running the latest & greatest Mandriva Cooker with KDE 4.1.1, 
> together with nvidia 173.14.12 drivers (and GeForce FX 5200 card).

Fedora here, but same card model and drivers.

>  From time to time, with 3D effects enabled in KDE4, the panel, tray 
> icons on the panel, clock etc. either disappear, or change colours. They 
> reappear when I point my mouse over them, but soon after that, they 
> disappear again.

Same here, but without 3d enabled, so...

> Some other users confirmed those strange effect with 3D effects 
> disabled, and saw it with earlier versions of KDE4 as well. Also with 
> GeForce 7300 GT card / 177.70 drivers.

... +1 to that.

> Is this a known issue?

Yes.

> Is there a workaround for that?

I stick a 'return' at the beginning of checkComposite in both plasma and 
krunner. That seems to solve the plasma corruption.

-- 
Matthew
Your eyes are weary from staring at the CRT. You feel sleepy. Notice how 
restful it is to watch the cursor blink. Close your eyes. The opinions 
stated above are yours. You cannot imagine why you ever felt otherwise.
   -- Unknown
(found at http://goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/fun.html)

 
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