From: Mick <mic...@gm...> - 2012-02-24 09:05:52
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On Friday 24 Feb 2012 01:05:15 Carsten Haitzler wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:57:58 +0000 Mick <mic...@gm...> said: > > On Friday 24 Feb 2012 00:21:00 Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > you just need xproto + xlibs. > > > > > > just remember that compositing will be broken for you due to your > > > server being old anyway, but e/efl will compile and run but > > > compositing may fail (and we will be moving to compositing only in > > > future). > > > > Oops! Won't we have an option to switch it off if we want to? > > in future - no. for e17 release it'll stay a module, but after that it'll > be compositing only. get used to it - i suggest u use it and report > bugs/issues. :) Well, I can't say it is bug(s) but it is a matter of overall responsiveness and resources used, especially on older systems. Composite uses (slightly) more CPU and memory on my amd64 box and more so on an old x86 with a PIII on it. Plus when say I watch something in mplayer and I move focus to another window, then the mplayer window becomes transparent and the picture fades. Since the cursor does not automatically follow my eyes I just switch composite off. -- Regards, Mick |