Re: KDE + X + Nvidia problems
On 07/10/11 14:30, Armelius Cameron wrote:
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.
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> 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
Armelius
I'm glad that worked for you. I'm afraid I don't know what the real
problem is though. I don't know what fixed it or us...maybe an nvidia
update. What version of the nvidia driver are you on?
Roderick