On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 22:58:22 -0800 js--- via enlightenment-users <enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net> said:
> On 2022-01-04 00:44, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Mon, 03 Jan 2022 21:44:40 -0800 js--- via enlightenment-users > > <enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net> said: > > > >> Thank you for continuing to develop/maintain efl/enlightenment. > >> > >> I just upgraded this week to 1.26.0 and 0.25.0 > >> > >> my mouse pointer seems to disappear upon returning from xscreensaver > >> lock - but only over empty background or the title bar, over some open > >> windows it seems fine, a restart of enlightenment restores it. > > > > bu5hm4n saw this and put in a fix - so did i... this would require > > poking > > around e_pointer.c and seeing what is going on with the pointer stack > > and > > printing out what is happening. i can't do that remotely from here for > > you... > > you'd have to add printf's when pointers are pushed and popped and see. > > I looked at e_pointer.c but I wasn't clear on what to print, when, and > where to look for the output. there are push and pop functions - they will set the pointer object to some value - it may be the obj is becoming null? it shouldn't... > >> second possibly unrelated issue > >> sometimes when I launch bzflag my framerate drops very low (very > >> choppy > >> panning) and restarting x restores it. > >> (I can't really see the choppy framerate in glxgears - which reports > >> 60 > >> fps even at very large gear sizes) > > > > This is probably your nvidia driver being unhappy about e > > auto-disabling > > compositing (turning compositor off) and then back on again. this is > > very > > driver-dependent. all e does is disable redirection when a fullscreen > > window is > > there after a short period of it being fullscreen and thus getting out > > of the > > way entirely (and then turning compositing back on and redirection when > > it > > stops being fullscreen). the compositor has a setting for this "dont > > composite > > fullscreen windows". try turning that off. > > > > Other than that... That would be a problem between you and your nvidia > > driver. :) how an application renders is entirely up to the application > > and the > > api's it uses to draw. all e sees is a pixmap that represents the > > bitmap of the > > output fo the app and it maps that to a texture and renders it. i might > > guess > > that the driver has somehow chosen to draw to different buffer types > > for > > compositing vs non-compositing and ends up in some super slow mode. > > ended up going back to 1.24.3 and 0.24.2 - the devil I know well.. it'll never get fixed. you'll be stuck there forever. i don't have nvidia hardware (and don't plan to - it's been painful in the past and seems to continue to be painful for people - i know it breaks compatibility with opengl standards and you seem to have issues too). if you didn't try toggling the "don't composite fullscreen windows" and just decided to downgrade instead - i can't help you. perhaps you should file bugs with nvidia as performance is their problem as their drivers are responsible for making things "go fast" (to put it simply). > >> third likely unrelated issue > >> I can no longer get to the linux console with control + alt + F1 > > > > i wonder if this is os configuration dependent - logind/systemd etc. > > and the > > fact that e opens input devices via elput. this seems to have had a > > bi-product > > of breaking the vmware driver in xorg at least ... somehow. > > > > -Delput=false > > > > and rebuild e? > > This did fixed the alt + F1 for me both with 1.26.0/0.25.0 and with > 1.26.1/0.25.1 - both with a couple warnings at compile time this is really bizarre - all e is doing is opening up input devices in addition to xorg doing it. e will only look at some events (touchpad stuff for gestures). it should not STOP x from handling vt changes. > >> Also random trivia - how do I disable the startup sound? > > > > elementary config tool- audio settings. mute options. > > thank you > > >> this is on ubuntu 20.04 with nvidia (GeForce GTX 1050 Ti) driver > >> version > >> 460.91.03 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> enlightenment-users mailing list > >> enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
