Okay, I got my machine working properly, but I had to go back to a 12.04-based distro (I used Netrunner). Here's how to get things working, without the trial and error that I went through.
1. Install the OS. 2. Disable Desktop effects, and install all patches. 3. Add the Bumblebee and x-swat PPAs. You have to do this because the latest NVidia drivers aren't in the 12.04 repos. 4. apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia. This adds the latest NVidia driver to your machine. Unfortunately, it also installs the problematic Mesa 9 libraries. We will fix this in the next step. It's also important that you have desktop effects turned off. If they're still on when you reboot, you'll get really bad system locks. Once this is installed, reboot. 5. Video is configured correctly, but will have all kinds of problems if you enable desktop effects. To get everything working properly, you need to downgrade to Mesa 8.0.4. The following command will do that: sudo apt-get install libglapi-mesa=8.0.4-0ubuntu0.1 libgl1-mesa- glx=8.0.4-0ubuntu0.1 ia32-libs=20090808ubuntu35 ia32-libs- multiarch:i386=20090808ubuntu35 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386=8.0.4-0ubuntu0.1 libglapi-mesa:i386=8.0.4-0ubuntu0.1 libglu1-mesa:i386=8.0.4-0ubuntu0.1 libgl1-mesa-dri=8.0.4-0ubuntu0.1 6. Reboot. When you log back in, hit Alt-Shift-F12 and test that desktop effects are working properly. If they are, you can enable them by default. 7. To prevent constant update notifications, I used ppa-purge to remove the x-swat PPA. 8. Add the kubuntu-backports PPA and install KDE 4.9.2, which is the same version of KDE that 12.10 has. You now have a working system! No package mess, and you're running basically the same software. Since this seems to be a KDE bug, I'm not all that hopeful for a fix here; I'm betting it'll take another KDE release. So for the time being, I'm staying on this set up until either this bug is marked as fixed or the one from KDE is marked as fixed and there's a new release available. I hope this helps somebody! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1061073 Title: Desktop effects are slow and desktop corruption using mesa 9 Status in KDE Base Workspace: New Status in Mesa: Confirmed Status in “kde-workspace” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “mesa” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have Kubuntu 12.10 set up on a ThinkPad T430. I'm experiencing both desktop corruption and slow performance of desktop effects. I've tried to downgrade mesa to 8.0.4 and that fixed the problem. Attached is a video comparing the two. The video does not show the desktop corruption I mention (vertical lines appearing) but I will attach a screenshot of that. I originally thought this was related to bug 1042211 but they told me to file another report since it seems to be different artifacts that I'm seeing. Of course I can't say for sure whether the slow performance and the artifacts are due to the same problem but the artifacts seem to appear when the desktop effects are activated. As you can see in the video, mesa 9.0 displays much "jerkier" effects and it seems that when the artifacts come this jerking becomes really bad just before the artifacts appear. Just now I did notice that the artifacts appeared at the mouse pointer when I clicked in a window. The artifacts followed the mouse pointer as I moved it but after clicking a few times they disappeared. WORKAROUND: As described in bug 1042211 I downloaded the 8.0.4 version of mesa from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/8.0.4-1ubuntu1. This fixed the problem for me. Since it took a little while for me to figure out how to get the .deb packages from that page, here is how for anyone who wants to try: 1) Go to the above page. 2) Under "Builds" select your architecture 3) This will bring you to a page with all the .deb files for your architecture. I only installed the libgl1-mesa-dri, libgl1-mesa-glx, libglapi-mesa and libglu1-mesa packages. Please let me know if you need more information. p.s. I had some problems choosing the package for this bug. It wouldn't let me put it on libgl1-mesa so I put it on libgl1-mesa-dri. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 3 15:40:20 2012 InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) --- ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: kwin DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: quantal DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 DistroVariant: kubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.5.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: I just need to know a workaround GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21f3] InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905) MachineType: LENOVO 2347W2U Package: mesa (not installed) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-16-generic root=UUID=c8916e6c-a99f-43f1-9d8c-c1daf21fedac ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4 Tags: quantal kubuntu Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 05/25/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: G1ET41WW (1.16 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 2347W2U dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG1ET41WW(1.16):bd05/25/2012:svnLENOVO:pn2347W2U:pvrThinkPadT430:rvnLENOVO:rn2347W2U:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 2347W2U dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T430 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz N/A version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0~git20120917.7cfd42ce-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0~git20120917.7cfd42ce-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu5 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kdebase-workspace/+bug/1061073/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
