KDE + X + Nvidia problems

[Roderick Johnstone]

On 07/10/11 14:30, Armelius Cameron wrote:
> On Friday, October 07, 2011 04:35:57 AM Roderick Johnstone wrote:
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>> On 06/10/11 22:32, Armelius Cameron wrote:
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>> > Hello,
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>> > I am having some issues with KDE + X + Nvidia right now, not sure which
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>> > one is the cause, but I am wondering if anyone here has seen the same
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>> > thing or if there's any workaround.
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> ...
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>> >
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>> > 1. Kile with simple latex file would be so sluggish, X uses > 90% of CPU
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>> > on "top", with "kile" as the next process on the list.
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> <snip>
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>> Yes, we saw this behaviour a while back with a similar setup, F14, +
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>> proprietary nvidia drivers.
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>> One thing that seemed to work around the problems was to change the qt
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>> backend with something like:
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>> kate --graphicssystem=raster
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>> or
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>> export QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM=raster
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>> before stating kate.
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> Nice workaround! Kile is immediately usable now. Thanks a lot.
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> AC
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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