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[SOLVED] Annoying KDE Glitch

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Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:48 pm
just to make sure. Kubuntu 8.04 and 8.10 have this problem (just tested).
OpenSuse 11.0 and Mandriva 2009 doesn't.


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Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:29 am
I also had this problem using kubuntu but not in opensuse.
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Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:07 am
Another Ubuntu specific bug.
Oh, well. Solution: move to an unaffected distro ( openSuSE, Gentoo, Mandriva )


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Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:19 am
Hmm, I had changed theme from oxygen to cleanlooks, after that I've lost this glitch
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Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:21 am
I'm experiencing the same glitch in Archlinux on both my desktop (nvidia card) and laptop (intel card). So it's not a Kubuntu specific bug.

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RE: Annoying KDE glitch

Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:56 pm
squareroot wrote:Hmm, I had changed theme from oxygen to cleanlooks, after that I've lost this glitch


I've tried it too. I think it just makes the glitch a little bit less obvious, but it's still there. So this is not the solution.

Edit: I'm also trying to test this in OpenSUSE. I've downloaded the DVD twice already and KTorrent made some ridiculous complaint then deleted the image...
Edit2: I don't know how to install nvidia drivers in suse. Guess I won't be testing it.

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Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:04 pm
I can confirm this bug on my machine. Running Arch, KDE 4.1.2 and nvidia drivers 177.80
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:57 pm
unimatrix wrote:This is a bit hard to describe so I'll just post "screenshots" (Well I used my mobile phone because I couldn't really make a screenshot - The PrtScr key doesn't work when KMenu is open)

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(on these screenshots I used KWin without compositing)

This only happens for a moment before the actual menu content shows up. Long enough for people to see it and say: "Oh, this Linux thing is ugly! I'm gonna stick with my XP!"

It also happens when opening new windows, before the content shows up I get this kind of garbage. It was present in KDE3 too, but was not that noticeable. Also, it happens with or without KWin compositing or with Compiz. All the same.

Is anyone else getting this? I don't see how people are not annoyed by it and why nobody is doing anything about it. I couldn't find any bug reports about it. I didn't make one because I don't know how to describe it.

Some of my system specs:
AMD Athlon 3500+ 64, 2GB RAM, 64bit Kubuntu Linux 8.10, KDE 4.1.2, nVidia GeForce 6600 (proprietary drivers version 177.80).


Yeah man I hate this bug. Ty for documenting this. Lenovo laptop x60 intel videocard i910

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RE: Annoying KDE glitch

Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:02 pm
Count me in, please.

X1600, fglrx 8.9 (with 8.3 it was the same). Kubuntu Hardy.

Happens regardless Desktop Effects status (And I often turn them on/off, via a nice Toggle-Compositing plasmoid, cause ATI drivers does not support Direct rendering of redirected windows properly, and nobody knows when it will).

Btw: there is also a "trash" withing the transparent(meant to be) parts of the Icons in System Tray. Does anybody else experience this annoying thing?... :undecided:

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RE: Annoying KDE glitch

Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:54 pm
pilat wrote:Btw: there is also a "trash" withing the transparent(meant to be) parts of the Icons in System Tray. Does anybody else experience this annoying thing?... :undecided:


That's well known too. They're already working on it, but shockingly it won't be fixed until KDE4.2 (next year). Here's the bug report: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158094

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Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:27 pm
The same Problem here if i had enabled the desktop Effects but i have the Problem only if i start Firefox or Opera.I have a nvidia 8400 GS.

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Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:59 pm
so...it seems to be a KDE4 bug and NVIDIA drivers suffer more than ATI...

I've a Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 with same problem
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RE: Annoying KDE glitch

Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:04 pm
None of these problems here with NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300, composite enabled on sidux KDE4 (experimental).


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RE: Annoying KDE glitch

Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:57 am
Mandriva 2009 Powerpack
Intel G45 running VESA

No menu glitch.
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RE: Annoying KDE glitch

Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:07 am
marse is right. This only happens after you turn on Firefox.
Everyone who said it doesn't happen to them, can you please try it again, this time with Firefox open.


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