On Monday 18 January 2010, Paul Menzel wrote: > I have no clue. But does KDE 4 use more desktop effects? Reading your > message I would suggest that the KDE upgrade is at fault here. Or did > you also upgrade the Intel graphics driver? > > Install a different DE or try with KDE 3 again to test the video and > OpenGL stuff. > > Depending of your findings you should either contact the KDE guys or the > Intel [1] guys afterward and leave the corresponding URL in a reply to > this thread. > KDE 4 has a lot of desktop effects and defaults to using a OpenGL backend for the effects. For Intel chipsets I would personally recommend using the XRender backend. I use this at work and have been pleasantly surprised with how well the Intel driver and chipset handles it. You can change backend under System Settings -> Desktop -> Desktop Effects -> Advanced. You can also disable them for a KDE 3.5 like experience.
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