KDE + X + Nvidia problems

[Armelius Cameron]

On Friday, October 07, 2011 04:35:57 AM Roderick Johnstone wrote:
> On 06/10/11 22:32, Armelius Cameron wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am having some issues with KDE + X + Nvidia right now, not sure which
> > one is the cause, but I am wondering if anyone here has seen the same
> > thing or if there's any workaround.
...
> > 
> > 1. Kile with simple latex file would be so sluggish, X uses > 90% of CPU
> > on "top", with "kile" as the next process on the list.
<snip>

> Yes, we saw this behaviour a while back with a similar setup, F14, +
> proprietary nvidia drivers.
> 
> One thing that seemed to work around the problems was to change the qt
> backend with something like:
> 
> kate --graphicssystem=raster
> 
> or
> export QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM=raster
> 
> before stating kate.

Nice workaround! Kile is immediately usable now. Thanks a lot.

AC
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