[ale] Screen refreshing

[Jim Kinney]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Robert Coggins <ale at cogginsnet.com> wrote:
> Jim Kinney wrote:
>> Kill off the eye-candy and see if it stops. I've had issues with the
>> 3D stuff causing problems with the graphics refresh. Currently, I
>> can't suspend/hibernate and recover. The graphics just hoses itself.
>> If I turn off the compiz, it goes away. I'm suspicious of some of the
>> changes made in the drivers for my ATI Radeon Express 1100. It got
>> better with kernel 2.6.28.
>>
>
> Yeah it does work better when killing off the eye candy...  When I
> really get distracted by the refresh issues I turn it off.  But I am
> like a bug attracted to a bug zapper for my rotating cube and wobbly
> windows.  If feels more alive! :)

My wife almost got nauseas watching my windows wobble and wiggle.
>
> I would love to find a way to have my cake and eat it too....

Need better drivers. The closed-source nvidia drives don't have a
problem but the open-source ati do. Suspect lack of good technical
data.
>
> Rob
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