Description of problem: My computer slows and becomes unstable if I put a folderview widget on my desktop. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): $ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Tue Nov 18 12:19:59 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux yum list *kde* Loaded plugins: kmdl, priorities, refresh-packagekit 0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Installed Packages PyKDE4.i386 4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kde-filesystem.noarch 4-20.fc10 installed kde-settings.noarch 4.1-4.20081031svn.fc10 installed kde-settings-kdm.noarch 4.1-4.20081031svn.fc10 installed kdeaddons-atlantikdesigner.i386 3.5.10-2.fc10 installed kdeadmin.i386 7:4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kdeartwork.i386 4.1.3-2.fc10 installed kdeartwork-extras.i386 4.1.3-2.fc10 installed kdeartwork-kxs.i386 4.1.3-2.fc10 installed kdebase.i386 6:4.1.3-2.fc10 installed kdebase-libs.i386 6:4.1.3-2.fc10 installed kdebase-runtime.i386 4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kdebase-runtime-libs.i386 4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kdebase-workspace.i386 4.1.3-6.fc10 installed kdebase-workspace-libs.i386 4.1.3-6.fc10 installed kdebase3.i386 3.5.10-2.fc10 installed kdebase3-libs.i386 3.5.10-2.fc10 installed kdebase3-pim-ioslaves.i386 3.5.10-2.fc10 installed kdegames.i386 6:4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kdegames-libs.i386 6:4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kdegames3.i386 3.5.10-2.fc10 installed kdegames3-libs.i386 3.5.10-2.fc10 installed kdegraphics.i386 7:4.1.3-2.fc10 installed kdegraphics-libs.i386 7:4.1.3-2.fc10 installed kdelibs.i386 6:4.1.3-3.fc10 installed kdelibs-common.i386 6:4.1.3-3.fc10 installed kdelibs3.i386 3.5.10-1.fc10 installed kdemultimedia.i386 6:4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kdemultimedia-extras-freeworld.i386 6:3.5.10-1.fc8 installed kdemultimedia-libs.i386 6:4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kdenetwork.i386 7:4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kdenetwork-libs.i386 7:4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kdepim.i386 6:4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kdepim-libs.i386 6:4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kdepimlibs.i386 4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kdeplasma-addons.i386 4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kdetoys.i386 7:4.1.3-1.fc10 installed kdeutils.i386 6:4.1.3-1.fc10 installed lockdev.i386 1.0.1-13.fc10 installed lockdev-devel.i386 1.0.1-13.fc10 installed solar-kde-theme.noarch 0.1.16-2.fc10 installed How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install F10. Put a panel on the bottom fo the desktop and another at the top. 2.Right click -> Add Widgets-> Folder View-> OK Actual results: The folderview widget appears and it shows the contents of my home folder as it should. Desktop gets wonky. It slows way down and doesn't respond to mouse clicks without a huge time delay. 5 seconds or more. Desktop icons get moved around. The panels get messed up. The top panel, which has taskmanager and pager on it, usually disappears. THe bottom panel gets resized. I run it centered and it has application icons and widgets on it. The app icons disappear. The only way I can get my computer to work well again is to delete the folderview. It takes about 2 minutes of pressing the red X to get it to disappear. The video flashes several times to a white screen and then a blue screen when I am closing the folderview. Expected results: The folderview should just appear and be OK. None of the other desktop elements should be disturbed. Additional info: 1) I am not sure my installation always did this. I think when I first installed it, folderview worked OK. I didn't need any folderviews, so I removed them all and then didn't use them for a while. When I tried to use them again, I had this behavior. I am wondering if this isn't an initialization problem, ie if one deletes all folderviews and reboots and then tries to add one, you get this behavior. That is just a guess. These next 2 things might be unrelated, but I will mention them anyway: 2) Even when I don't install a folderview, my lower panel loses its width settings and the objects in the panel (icons and widgets) continually move around. 3) When I shut down, a message flashes breifly in a KDE like window about some desktopish process that doesn't want to shut down nicely. I happens so fast on my machine that I can't get a good read on what it is. Thanks
I think this an Nvidia related issue. See here: http://userbase.kde.org/GPU-Performance ========================================================= Plasma performance is bad Explanation Unfortunately the reasons for plasma being choppy seem to be numerous so it's hard to tell where your choppiness comes from. Test Usually plasma performance problems can be seen best on the Folder View plasmoid. Moving it or scrolling inside the folder might be pretty slow. General Please make sure this is not (only) related to the ARGB Visuals mentioned in the above section. NVIDIA You can set the IntialPixmapPlacement and the GlyphCache option with the nvidia-settings utility: $ nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2 -a GlyphCache=1 This works for some (but unfortunately not all) NVIDIA cards. Some cards reportedly work better using InitialPixmapPlacement=1 (or maybe even 3) Options that are said to work well on 8xxx cards but are untested (by me) Option "RenderAccel" "True" enabled by default Option "TripleBuffer" "True" Enables triple buffering. "Decreases the time an application stalls while waiting for vblank events, but increases latency slightly" (NVIDIA Readme) Option "DamageEvents" "True" Recommended by NVIDIA if running composite+glx, increases performance, enabled by default Option "UseCompositeWrapper" "True" Enables the X server's composite wrapper instead of the builtin one. Option "AllowIndirectPixmaps" "True" Could improve hardware rendering on G80+ cards with more than 256 MB of video memory. Option "BackingStore" "True" Cache overlayed areas in case they get redisplayed later Option "PixmapCacheSize" "200000" allocate said number of pixels for pixmap caches Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True" only fire VBlank interrupts in modes where they are needed ===================================================================== $ yum list *nvidia* Loaded plugins: kmdl, priorities, refresh-packagekit 0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Installed Packages kmod-nvidia.i686 177.82-1.fc10.4 installed kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686.i686 177.82-1.fc10.4 installed xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i386 177.82-1.fc10 installed xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386 177.82-1.fc10 installed I don't have time to fool with all this stuff. Unfortunately that means that I won't have a useable folder view. This kind of defeats the whole paradigm of KDE4 ! hwbrowser shows my video card as being a "nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800M GTS" The driver is "nvidia". GL works fine on my computer. I think the nvidia-settings application should figure out what nvidia driver options work with what cards and either apply them or allow the user to apply them.
> I don't have time to fool with all this stuff... defeats the whole paradigm > of KDE4 ! Not much fedora or kde can do to workaround poor 3rd-party drivers (ie, we don't have time to deal with stuff we CANTFIX either). Imo, Comments, complaints about nvidia's drivers should go to nvidia. Now, are these issues reproducible with fedora's nv, nouveau, or even, vesa X drivers? (If so, we can reopen this). > I think the nvidia-settings application should figure out ... Good suggestion, but that's not something shipped with fedora either.
Just for the record: > Imo, Comments, complaints about nvidia's drivers should go to nvidia. That's not just your opinion, it's common sense. Linuxguy123, please report your issue to NVidia instead of trolling on the fedora-list. It's the ONLY way your bug will EVER get fixed.
I have had a folder view on my desktop for quite some time since this issue was first brought up on the list. I have experienced no additional stability issues since adding it.
I run the F10 update this morning and folderview now works well. The update contained kmod-nvidia.i686 180.22-1.fc10.1. I'm not saying that is what fixed it, just that it was in the update. Anyway, I am happy to have a folderview that works now. Thanks to those that made this happen.