plasma compositor only works with XRender (flickering; artefacts; repaint; screen update issues)
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plasma-desktop (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Critical
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
After a fresh install of Kubuntu 16.04. The default settings of the compositor lead to flickering, screen artifacts, screen repaint/update issues. All compositor settings except XRender show similar issues. XRender however is much slower and have fewer effects than those available in Kubuntu 14.04.
Workaround: If you have an ATI/AMD Radeon/fglrx video card that is working with Kubuntu 14.04, test with the live version before updating to 16.04!
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: plasma-desktop 4:5.5.5-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Mon May 16 16:22:24 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-13 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: plasma-desktop
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Manuel López-Ibáñez (manuellopezibanez) wrote | #1 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in plasma-desktop (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| summary: |
- plasma compositor only works with XRender (flickering; artifacts; - repaint; scren update issues) + plasma compositor only works with XRender (flickering; artefacts; + repaint; screen update issues) |
| Changed in plasma-desktop (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Critical |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.