Version: (using KDE 4.0.1) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages OS: Linux When konsole is started with the --enable-transparency switch, it takes a very long time (5 to 10 secs) to resize, while the desktop is usually quite smooth for other things (after using it for some time or perhaps after doing a specific thing, I couldn't determine the cause, it tends to be slow for everything, but that's another story !). During the resizing time the whole desktop is unusable (not redrawing I think). I can only move the mouse. I use kwin 4.0.1 and konsole 4.0.1 in a (mostly) 3.5.8 KDE (all are debian packages, 3.5.8 from unstable and 4.0.1 from experimental) --- $ cat .kde4/share/config/kwinrc [$Version] update_info=kwin_focus2.upd:kwin_focus2,kwin_focus1.upd:kwin_focus1,kwin.upd:kde3.0r1,kwin.upd:kde3.2Xinerama,kwin3_plugin.upd:kde3.2,kwin_on_off.upd:kwin_on_off [Compositing] Backend=OpenGL Enabled=true GLDirect=false GLMode=TFP GLTextureFilter=1 GLVSync=false HiddenPreviews=3 XRenderSmoothScale=false [Desktops] Name_1= Name_2= Name_3= Name_4= Number=4 [Desktops-screen-1] Name_1= Name_2= Name_3= Name_4= Number=4 [Effect-MakeTransparent] Decoration=0.75 Dialogs=0.9 MoveResize=0.75 [Effect-PresentWindows] BorderActivate=9 BorderActivateAll=7 [Effect-ThumbnailAside] MaxWidth=250 Opacity=60 Spacing=10 [MouseBindings] CommandActiveTitlebar1=Raise CommandActiveTitlebar2=Lower CommandActiveTitlebar3=Operations menu CommandAll1=Move CommandAll2=Toggle raise and lower CommandAll3=Resize CommandAllKey=Alt CommandAllWheel=Nothing CommandInactiveTitlebar1=Activate and raise CommandInactiveTitlebar2=Activate and lower CommandInactiveTitlebar3=Operations menu CommandTitlebarWheel=Nothing CommandWindow1=Activate, raise and pass click CommandWindow2=Activate and pass click CommandWindow3=Activate and pass click [Plugins] kwin4_effect_blurEnabled=true kwin4_effect_boxswitchEnabled=true kwin4_effect_desktopgridEnabled=true kwin4_effect_dialogparentEnabled=true kwin4_effect_diminactiveEnabled=false kwin4_effect_explosionEnabled=false kwin4_effect_fadeEnabled=true kwin4_effect_fallapartEnabled=false kwin4_effect_invertEnabled=false kwin4_effect_loginEnabled=false kwin4_effect_logoutEnabled=false kwin4_effect_lookingglassEnabled=false kwin4_effect_magnifierEnabled=false kwin4_effect_maketransparentEnabled=true kwin4_effect_minimizeanimationEnabled=true kwin4_effect_mousemarkEnabled=false kwin4_effect_presentwindowsEnabled=true kwin4_effect_scaleinEnabled=false kwin4_effect_shadowEnabled=true kwin4_effect_sharpenEnabled=false kwin4_effect_showfpsEnabled=false kwin4_effect_showpaintEnabled=false kwin4_effect_taskbarthumbnailEnabled=false kwin4_effect_thumbnailasideEnabled=false kwin4_effect_trackmouseEnabled=false kwin4_effect_videorecordEnabled=false kwin4_effect_zoomEnabled=false [PopupInfo] ShowPopup=false [TabBox] TraverseAll=false [Windows] ActiveMouseScreen=false AltTabStyle=KDE AutoRaise=false AutoRaiseInterval=750 BorderSnapZone=10 ClickRaise=true DelayFocus=false DelayFocusInterval=750 ElectricBorderDelay=150 ElectricBorders=0 FocusPolicy=ClickToFocus FocusStealingPreventionLevel=1 GeometryTip=false HideUtilityWindowsForInactive=true MaximizeButtonLeftClickCommand=Maximize MaximizeButtonMiddleClickCommand=Maximize (vertical only) MaximizeButtonRightClickCommand=Maximize (horizontal only) MoveMode=Opaque MoveResizeMaximizedWindows=false Placement=Smart ResizeMode=Opaque RollOverDesktops=true SeparateScreenFocus=false ShadeHover=false ShadeHoverInterval=250 SnapOnlyWhenOverlapping=false TitlebarDoubleClickCommand=Maximize WindowSnapZone=10 --- $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings # nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (randy@juliet2) Sat May 12 15:26:42 PDT 2007 Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbLayout" "fr" EndSection Section "Monitor" # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Seiko" HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0 VertRefresh 60.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "Quadro NVS 135M" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true" Option "UseEvents" "false" Option "RenderAccel" "true" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "TwinView" "1" Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +1600+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection --- $ dpkg -l 'kde*' | grep ii ii kde 5:48 the K Desktop Environment official modules ii kde-core 5:48 the K Desktop Environment core modules ii kde-guidance 0.8.0-2 collection of KDE system administration tool ii kde-guidance-powermanager 0.8.0-2 HAL based power manager applet ii kde-i18n-fr 4:3.5.8-1 French (fr) internationalized (i18n) files f ii kde-icons-mono 4:3.5.8-2 a monochromatic icons theme for KDE ii kde-icons-oxygen 4:4.0.1-1 Oxygen icon theme for KDE 4 ii kdeaccessibility 4:3.5.8-2 accessibility packages from the official KDE ii kdeaddons 4:3.5.8-3 add-on plugins and applets provided with KDE ii kdeaddons-kfile-plugins 4:3.5.8-3 KDE file dialog plugins for text files and f ii kdeadmin 4:3.5.8-2 system administration tools from the officia ii kdeadmin-kfile-plugins 4:3.5.8-2 KDE file metainfo plugins for deb and rpm fi ii kdeartwork 4:3.5.8-2 themes, styles and more from the official KD ii kdeartwork-emoticons 4:3.5.8-2 emoticon collections for KDE chat clients ii kdeartwork-misc 4:3.5.8-2 various multimedia goodies released with KDE ii kdeartwork-style 4:3.5.8-2 widget styles released with KDE ii kdeartwork-theme-icon 4:3.5.8-2 icon themes released with KDE ii kdeartwork-theme-window 4:3.5.8-2 window decoration themes released with KDE ii kdebase 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 base components from the official KDE releas ii kdebase-bin 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 core binaries for the KDE base module ii kdebase-data 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 shared data files for the KDE base module ii kdebase-kio-plugins 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 core I/O slaves for KDE ii kdebase-runtime 4:4.0.1-1 runtime components from the official KDE 4 r ii kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 4:4.0.1-1 core binaries for the KDE 4 base runtime mod ii kdebase-runtime-data 4:4.0.1-1 shared data files for the KDE 4 base runtime ii kdeedu 4:3.5.8-1 educational apps from the official KDE relea ii kdeedu-data 4:3.5.8-1 shared data for KDE educational applications ii kdeeject 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 script used by KDE to eject removable media ii kdegames 4:4.0.1-1 games from the official KDE 4 release ii kdegames-card-data 4:4.0.1-1 card decks for KDE 4 games ii kdegames-mahjongg-data 4:4.0.1-1 tilesets and backgrounds for Mahjongg games ii kdegraphics 4:3.5.8-2 graphics apps from the official KDE release ii kdegraphics-kfile-plugins 4:3.5.8-2+b1 KDE metainfo plugins for graphic files ii kdelibs 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 core libraries from the official KDE release ii kdelibs-bin 4:4.0.1-1 executables for all KDE 4 core applications ii kdelibs-data 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 core shared data for all KDE applications ii kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 core libraries and binaries for all KDE appl ii kdelibs5 4:4.0.1-1 core libraries for all KDE 4 applications ii kdelibs5-data 4:4.0.1-1 core shared data for all KDE 4 applications ii kdemultimedia 4:3.5.8-2 multimedia apps from the official KDE releas ii kdemultimedia-kappfinder-data 4:3.5.8-2 multimedia data for kappfinder ii kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins 4:3.5.8-2 au/avi/m3u/mp3/ogg/wav plugins for kfile ii kdemultimedia-kio-plugins 4:3.5.8-2 enables the browsing of audio CDs under Konq ii kdenetwork 4:3.5.8-1 network-related apps from the official KDE r ii kdenetwork-filesharing 4:3.5.8-1 network filesharing configuration module for ii kdenetwork-kfile-plugins 4:3.5.8-1 torrent metainfo plugin for KDE ii kdepasswd 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 password changer for KDE ii kdepim 4:3.5.8-1 Personal Information Management apps from th ii kdepim-kfile-plugins 4:3.5.8-1 KDE File dialog plugins for palm and vcf fil ii kdepim-kio-plugins 4:3.5.8-1 KDE pim I/O Slaves ii kdepim-kresources 4:3.5.8-1 KDE pim resource plugins ii kdepim-wizards 4:3.5.8-1 KDE server configuration wizards ii kdepimlibs-data 4:4.0.1-1 core shared data for KDE PIM 4 applications ii kdepimlibs5 4:4.0.1-1 core libraries for KDE PIM 4 applications ii kdeprint 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 print system for KDE ii kdesktop 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 miscellaneous binaries and files for the KDE ii kdessh 4:4.0.1-1 Secure Shell utility for KDE 4 ii kdetoys 4:3.5.8-1 toys from the official KDE release ii kdeutils 4:4.0.1-1 general-purpose utilities from the official ii kdewallpapers 4:3.5.8-2 wallpapers released with KDE ii kdewebdev 4:3.5.8-1 web development apps from the official KDE r --- if more information can be useful, let me know. And thank you to the whole kde team for providing such a great desktop environment !
I think this might be related to known performance problems with NVidia graphics cards and compositing in KDE 4. 1. How large is your Konsole window? (roughly, in pixels) 2. Does disabling KWin's effects make any difference? I suggest keeping KWin's desktop effects enabled, but turn off all individual effects and then enable them one-by-one to find out which of them cause the most significant performance drop. At a guess I would expect the "blur" effect might be responsible.
First, some informations perhaps worth mentioning, xorg & nvidia-driver version : $ dpkg -l xserver-xorg nvidia-kernel-2.6.24-1-686 ii nvidia-kernel-2.6.24-1-686 169.09-1+2.6.24-4 ii xserver-xorg 1:7.3+10 1. this appens whatever the konsole size is (usually resizing from ~1600x1000 -> ~1000x600, but same appens when I do ~200x200 -> ~300x300) 2. - if I fully disable desktop effects Enabled=false in the [Compositing] section, there is not more slowdown (but no more transparency too) - if I disable all effects, I get a black screen on login, as reported by someone else in bug #154637 (see attached xsession-error, even if I don't think there's much interesting here, I'll also post it on #154637) - if I just enable the fade effect, then the behaviour is the same as with all effects enabled.
Created attachment 23635 [details] .xsession-error when no effect is enabled
last bit of information, KWIN_NVIDIA_HACK is set to 1 & exported in my ~/.profile
KWIN_NVIDIA_HACK=1 doesn't speed up konsole behaviour for me. I use KDE-SVN (13 narch 2008), X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90 (Release Date: 5 September 2007), nvidia-drivers-169.12.
Profiling using sysprof shows that the majority of time is spent in the nvidia closed-source driver for xorg (/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so, and from the the majority is in /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so), so I'm afraid there's not much we can do for you. I suggest you report the problem to nvidia.