On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:34:06 +1000 David Seikel <[email protected]> said:
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 11:56:50 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 14 Nov 2015 10:56:13 +0000 [email protected] (Stefano M.) > > said: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I build EFL and Enlightenment from git using the PKGBUILD files > > > provided. > > > > > > I currently have installed: > > > > > > - enlightenment-git 0.19.99.20768.64ceff5-1 > > > - efl-git 1.16.99.32217.69a8de5-1 > > > - elementary-git 1.16.99.12276.779b834-1 > > > > > > The system works OK, but when I open the Enlightenment settings > > > panel the window is empty or it shows a snapshot of whatever is in > > > the background (e.g. web browser). This happens with any > > > Enlightenment setting window: screen blanking, window remembers, > > > etc. > > > > > > Any ideas of what might be causing this? I will be happy to provide > > > you with more information if you need. > > > > actually... do you have a "hybrid graphics" system? like nvidia + > > intel or ati > > + intel? just a hunch... > > It's possible to have such a graphics system and not know about it. > For instance nVidia GTX xxxM (where xxx is a normal nVidia graphics > system model), have an Intel chip as the front end. These are called > Optimus, and are made mostly for laptops. The idea being that if you > don't need the grunt of the nVidia side of things, they just run the > Intel side of things, using less power, making your battery life > longer. The "M" at the end is a dead give away, even if otherwise > never mentioned. lspci ... you'd know it. intel graphics and nvidia graphics - most likely. :) i actually don't have any laptop with hybrid gfx. so all my systems work. the other guy who has such issues does have a hybrid system - it works on all his other machines except this one. i am wondering if this is the pattern. as such we don't drive or have much to do with the actual back-end of this. we deal with glx+gl or egl+gles - what it runs on is below this layer. though we do bypass down to this layer for vsync events (direct to drm device). right now i am trying to find out what is common among those with this problem, as i see zero issues on any machine i have - across 3 different intel systems (with different cpu/gpu types and generations), an ati machine (pure ati - an old core 2 duo laptop) and 2 nvidia desktops. zero issues. :/ i can keep hunting. i can try my other nvidia laptop where it actually uses nouveau drivers ... but i suspect it'll work too. :/ WHY does this happen? > Oculus Rift developers are having a hard time with these, as Oculus has > dropped support for them, though laptops are popular for demos, coz > it's easier to carry one around. I had a hard time with one, before I > discovered that the client will be using laptops for their Rift stuff, > so we decided to stick with the last Rift SDK that supported nVidia > Optimus. > > I have no idea what the ATI versions are like. > > -- > A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants > coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
