flicker/refresh when "slide show" background selected (e.g. "Waves")
Tom London
selinux at gmail.com
Sat Apr 5 16:50:27 UTC 2008
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Andrew Farris <lordmorgul at gmail.com> wrote:
> Tom London wrote:
>
> > Running latest Rawhide, intel graphics/compiz, if I select a screen
> > background that is a "slideshow" (instead of a PNG, e.g.), the screen
> > appears to flicker intermittently (say, 1-3 times per minute).
> >
>
> Is that how often is supposed to be changing?
>
>
>
> > I was trying out the new "Waves" background when I noticed this, but
> > it happens with other "slideshow" backgrounds. Goes away if I reselect
> > a PNG background (e.,g., "Default" - looks like Infinity).
> >
> > Anyone else seeing this?
> >
>
> I haven't used compiz since moving to F9 (nvidia hardware) but the last
> time I tried that setting it caused serious load on the machine, I somewhat
> doubt the intel hardware is going to handle that nicely. Did you use that
> before without this issue?
>
I hadn't used a 'slideshow' background before, but intel+compiz has
been a thrilling ride ;)
I've BZ'ed this against gnome-desktop here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440982
tom
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