I have expirienced on KDE 4.7x and 4.8.x some problem with basic desktop effects.... logout effect when desktop compositing is off shows a black screen and freeze the "countdown box" for a few seconds logout effect when desktop compositing is on doesn't fading to to grey the desktop Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Select shutdown (or restart or logout) from the kickoff menu 2. 3. Actual Results: the desktop doesn't fading to to grey Expected Results: the desktop must be fading to to grey I also have looked this: When in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf I add the line Option "Composite" "false" in the section "Extensions" the desktop effects are not available (on KDE version 4.6.x, and lower, were unusable but available) and his options substituted by a message "Required X extensions (XComposite and XDamage) are not available"
> I have expirienced on KDE 4.7x and 4.8.x some problem with basic desktop effects.... So you thought it would be a good idea to report that right after 4.9 is fixed as well? Please report bugs when you spot them asap. Ensure your version is not totally outdated and the report them. This holds for everything, not only KDE/KWin > logout effect when desktop compositing is off shows a black screen and freeze the "countdown box" for a few seconds This is not kwin effects related. A screenshot of your desktop is taken, put into a giant window below the dialog and animated. > logout effect when desktop compositing is on doesn't fading to to grey the desktop https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/105459/ > When in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf I add the line > Option "Composite" "false" > in the section "Extensions" > the desktop effects are not available So what? That's the sole point about that setting. > on KDE version 4.6.x, and lower, were unusable but available No. Whatever you think to recall, that's simply not possible. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 303096 ***
Thanks for the explanation. Unfortunately the Debian testing branch is freezed at KDE 4.8.4 and I will not have the availability to test a version 4.9 for a long time. This fix can be backported to KDE 4.8.5 ?
No, sorry. Thursday, July 26, 2012: KDE SC 4.8.5 tagging [1] [1] http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.8_Release_Schedule
(In reply to comment #2) > Unfortunately the Debian testing branch is freezed at KDE 4.8.4 and I will > not have the availability to test a version 4.9 for a long time. This fix > can be backported to KDE 4.8.5 ? As Thomas pointed out it's too late for 4.8.5 (better said: I decided I don't want to have the fix in 4.8), but you can ask the Debian maintainers to backport the commit to their packages. AFAIK they are not opposed to do that before the release.