Bug 308620 - Blurry text in inactive windows
Summary: Blurry text in inactive windows
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 307003
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 4.9.2
Platform: Gentoo Packages Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2012-10-18 20:01 UTC by Ross Burton
Modified: 2012-10-19 13:46 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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A cropped image of blurred text (38.15 KB, image/png)
2012-10-18 23:34 UTC, Ross Burton
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A cropped image of what it usually looks like (32.04 KB, image/png)
2012-10-18 23:35 UTC, Ross Burton
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Description Ross Burton 2012-10-18 20:01:25 UTC
When changing window focus, the text in shown windows as well as some icons become blurry.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Open a window with text in it.
2.  Remove focus from new window, not necessarily moving it under another window. 
Actual Results:  
Text in window becomes blurred.

Expected Results:  
Text is not blurred.

Happens with or without "blur" desktop effect, with or without font anti-aliasing, and with or without driver FSAA.  Effect most noticeable (maybe even worse) when removing focus by unhiding a plasma panel.  Problem exists independent of selected refresh rate.  Worse with gtk apps, less noticeable with qt apps, but that's mostly subjective.  Happens when moving cursor between screens, or when keeping the cursor on one screen.  Haven't found a workaround or any other fix.

System is 64 bit, nvidia-drivers are version 304.51 (on a 9500 GT card), dual monitors (both running at 1280x1024), two xorg screens.  xorg-server version is 1.12.4, kde is version 4.9.2, gtk-engines-qtcurve is 1.8.15, Gentoo system.
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2012-10-18 23:31:24 UTC
Please add a screen shot (or two), showing the difference between active and inactive window (blurred and normal).
Comment 2 Ross Burton 2012-10-18 23:34:02 UTC
Created attachment 74641 [details]
A cropped image of blurred text

This is the blurry text I get when I repeat the steps above.
Comment 3 Ross Burton 2012-10-18 23:35:15 UTC
Created attachment 74642 [details]
A cropped image of what it usually looks like

This image is what it usually looks like without the blurry text.
Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2012-10-19 07:47:03 UTC
Are you using Mesa 9? Does the effect show with Compositing disabled (Shift+Alt+F12)?
Comment 5 Thomas Lübking 2012-10-19 11:47:49 UTC
run nvidia-settings, enter the "Antialiasing Settings", disable FXAA, run "kwin --replace &" - last one is important, because the setting only ppplies to new processes.

probably dupe of #307003

@christoph
the nvidia blob "bypasses" mesa
Comment 6 Ross Burton 2012-10-19 13:46:12 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> run nvidia-settings, enter the "Antialiasing Settings", disable FXAA, run
> "kwin --replace &" - last one is important, because the setting only ppplies
> to new processes.
> 
> probably dupe of #307003

That fixed it.  I didn't find #307003 in my bug search, sorry.  This is a duplicate of that problem.  Marked appropriately.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 307003 ***