Bug 364240 - compositor is now suspended while there is a fullscreen window
Summary: compositor is now suspended while there is a fullscreen window
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 361091
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: compositing (show other bugs)
Version: 5.6.4
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2016-06-12 14:06 UTC by miklos
Modified: 2016-06-16 22:24 UTC (History)
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Description miklos 2016-06-12 14:06:11 UTC 
The "suspend compositor for full screen windows" option used to suspend it only while the full screen window was active. Now it is suspended while there is a full screen window even if it is in the background (minimized).

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Thomas Lübking 2016-06-12 14:09:30 UTC 
The setting is irrelevant (and works differently and not at all on intel chips), the window asks to avoid the compositor.
See dupe and notably https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361091#c3 on how to override the (or all) clients opinion.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 361091 ***
Comment 2 miklos 2016-06-16 22:24:18 UTC 
OK, I see that kwin now uses the _NET_WM_BYPASS_COMPOSITOR hint. In my opinion that is a stupid thing to do. For example, Team Fortress 2 disables the compositor while it's running, even if it's in the background, but Garry's Mod doesn't disable it at all. I mostly use composite effects for window management, so disabling the compositor also deceases usability for me.