[openbox] Video overlay / nvidia-drivers weirdness

[meino.cramer at gmx.de]

Dana Jansens <danakj at orodu.net> [14-04-19 14:32]:
> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 6:44 AM, <meino.cramer at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am runnig Gentoo Linux on a AMD64 machine using openbox
> > as my preferred windowmanager.
> >
> > Recently with an update of the system beside other things
> > the nvidia-drivers and the xorg-server were updated.
> >
> > Versions:
> > (tried all of them)
> > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-304.121
> > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-337.12
> > x11-wm/openbox-3.5.2-r1
> > x11-wm/openbox-9999 (Gentoo nameing for "developper snapshot)
> >
> > Openbox is started via slim (login manager), which executes
> > autostart.sh, which (beside other things) mutt in a urxvt
> > terminal.
> >
> 
> Do you run a compositor in your autostart like xcompmgr or anything like
> that?
> 

No...pure ol' openbox. The one. The only :)
Before update this setup has worked for a looooong time...


> 
> >
> > Openbox is configure to have 8 desktops, throw which one can
> > circle back and forth :)
> >
> > The the problem arises after starting applications, which uses
> > opengl/direct rendering/cuda or such things:
> >
> > For example: After mutt starts, I switch von desktop to the left
> > (going from desktop 1 to 8).
> > There I start me-tv, a dvb-t tv application.
> > When I switch back to 1 (going to the right), the window decorations
> > of me-tb remain on desktop 8 but the video itsself does not disappear
> > even mutt becomes the focus.
> >
> > Now I click on mutt, go back to 8 (desktop with me-tv running) and
> > back to 1 (mutt) and the problem "has gone" (the effect is no longer
> > visible).
> >
> > Then I go to desktop 2 (to the right).
> > I start Blender (another heavy opengl/rendering user) and start
> > rendering. Regardless which window has the focus and to what desktop
> > I will change: As soon Blender updates the rendering window, I got
> > fragments of it thrown onto the current desktop makeing it complete
> > graphical garbage. ^L unfortunately does not work on graphical
> > displays... ;(
> >
> > I recompiled everything I could find which is dependant of the
> > nvidia-drivers and does not help. Since I tried very old and very new
> > versions of that driver I dont think, that this driver is "guilty"...
> >
> > As a test I installed fluxbox and the problem went away.
> >
> > But I dont want fluxbox and want my openbox back.
> >
> > Any ideas what I can do further to eliminate that problem?
> >
> > Thanks a lot for any help!
> > Best regards,
> > mcc
> >
> >
> >
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