SUMMARY Whenever I open a compositing freezing app (like a game) and then close it, when compositing resumes, it is far more laggy and slow. Only running kwin_x11 --replace fixes the issue. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open a game or composting blocking app 2. Close it 3. Profit OBSERVED RESULT Kwin is laggy and requires a restart. EXPECTED RESULT Kwin works fine. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Manjaro Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.73.0 Qt Version: 5.15.0 Kernel Version: 5.7.19-2-MANJARO OS Type: 64-bit Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: GeForce GTX 1070 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Already reported as bug 426412.