https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=368076

            Bug ID: 368076
           Summary: Disabling compositing causes parts of the desktop to
                    not update
           Product: kwin
           Version: 5.5.5
          Platform: openSUSE RPMs
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: compositing
          Assignee: kwin-bugs-null@kde.org
          Reporter: johndaffodil@protonmail.com

When I disable compositing, my panel and any additional widgets on my desktop
no longer update. They display what was there when compositing is first turned
off until I restart. The clock will keep whatever time it was, the taskbar
whatever windows were open, etc.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Disable compositing

Actual Results:  
Panels/widgets no longer update

Expected Results:  
Panels/widgets updating

I'm not entirely sure if this needs to be a separate bug from
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361692 which appears to be the same issue
but it's under plasmashell's clock, or
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=362955 which says it's limited to
auto-suspending compositing, whereas I can trigger it with Alt+Shift+F12.

Possibly relevant specs:

Nvidia 970, 367.35 proprietary driver
openSUSE Leap 42.1, kernel 4.1.27
Plasma 5.5.5
Two monitors

I've seen this issue fairly consistently for a few years. The only constants
have been openSUSE, using an Nvidia GPU, using the Nvidia driver, and possibly
a multi-monitor setup. Different versions, different cards hasn't mattered.

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