Version: (using KDE 4.3.0) OS: Linux Installed from: SuSE RPMs When I turn off the logout effect in the options, and try to log out, instead of no-effect, I get a strange "effect" that sets the desktop brightness to a high value, and then fades to a gray value. The attached screencast shows the problem. Distro: openSUSE 11.1 X server: X.Org X Server 1.5.2 Driver: nvidia 185.18.14
Created attachment 35960 [details] Screencast showing the problem
That's a very nasty behaviour, I agree. With enabled compositing I only have the choice of getting a headache because of that brightness that hurts in the eyes or of getting a headache because that blurry background makes my eyes try to focus it nonetheless (I'm shortsighted and blur effects like that are a real pain for me). It really would be a relief to have a simple effect like it was in KDE3 and is in KDE4 without compositing - just a screen that turns grey without any blurs and flashes.
(In reply to comment #2) > It really would be a relief to have a simple effect like it was in KDE3 and is > in KDE4 without compositing - just a screen that turns grey without any blurs > and flashes. You can easily disable the blur in the config file (~/.kde/share/config/kwinrc) section [Effect-Logout] and set option "UseBlur" to false
reassigning to ksmserver as kwin is innocent with the "flash". This flashing only happens when compositing is enabled but logout effect is disabled. It does not happen when compositing is disabled.
SVN commit 1030959 by fredrik: Fix the flash that appears when the logout dialog is shown with compositing enabled but the logout effect disabled. BUG: 202930 M +9 -0 fadeeffect.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1030959
Could you please backport this fix to branch? Thanks.
It was backported in commit 1030962, and will be in KDE 4.3.3.
Thanks a lot, also Martin Gräßlin for the tip with the config file entry.