On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 07:10:52 +1030 Simon Lees <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 11/17/2015 08:05 PM, David Seikel wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:07:26 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:34:06 +1000 David Seikel <[email protected]> > >> said: > >> > >>> On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 11:56:50 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The > >>> Rasterman) <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Sat, 14 Nov 2015 10:56:13 +0000 [email protected] (Stefano > >>>> M.) said: > >>>> > >>>>> Hello, > >>>>> > >>>>> I build EFL and Enlightenment from git using the PKGBUILD files > >>>>> provided. > >>>>> > >>>>> I currently have installed: > >>>>> > >>>>> - enlightenment-git 0.19.99.20768.64ceff5-1 > >>>>> - efl-git 1.16.99.32217.69a8de5-1 > >>>>> - elementary-git 1.16.99.12276.779b834-1 > >>>>> > >>>>> The system works OK, but when I open the Enlightenment settings > >>>>> panel the window is empty or it shows a snapshot of whatever is > >>>>> in the background (e.g. web browser). This happens with any > >>>>> Enlightenment setting window: screen blanking, window remembers, > >>>>> etc. > >>>>> > >>>>> Any ideas of what might be causing this? I will be happy to > >>>>> provide you with more information if you need. > >>>> actually... do you have a "hybrid graphics" system? like nvidia + > >>>> intel or ati > >>>> + intel? just a hunch... > >>> It's possible to have such a graphics system and not know about > >>> it. For instance nVidia GTX xxxM (where xxx is a normal nVidia > >>> graphics system model), have an Intel chip as the front end. > >>> These are called Optimus, and are made mostly for laptops. The > >>> idea being that if you don't need the grunt of the nVidia side of > >>> things, they just run the Intel side of things, using less power, > >>> making your battery life longer. The "M" at the end is a dead > >>> give away, even if otherwise never mentioned. > >> lspci ... you'd know it. intel graphics and nvidia graphics - most > >> likely. :) i actually don't have any laptop with hybrid gfx. so all > >> my systems work. the other guy who has such issues does have a > >> hybrid system - it works on all his other machines except this one. > >> > >> i am wondering if this is the pattern. as such we don't drive or > >> have much to do with the actual back-end of this. we deal with > >> glx+gl or egl+gles - what it runs on is below this layer. though > >> we do bypass down to this layer for vsync events (direct to drm > >> device). > >> > >> right now i am trying to find out what is common among those with > >> this problem, as i see zero issues on any machine i have - across 3 > >> different intel systems (with different cpu/gpu types and > >> generations), an ati machine (pure ati - an old core 2 duo laptop) > >> and 2 nvidia desktops. zero issues. :/ > >> > >> i can keep hunting. i can try my other nvidia laptop where it > >> actually uses nouveau drivers ... but i suspect it'll work too. > > I have an ASUS ROG GR6 on my desk, with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX > > 960M. The only device I have with one of those hybrid graphics > > systems. It belongs to a client, with Windows 8.1 on it, and it > > wont be getting any other OS installed on it. So I can't test out > > Enlightenment on it. > If you have a spare USB3 Flash drive you could always put a Linux > image on it and test from there, Yes its the crazy world where in > where my PC will boot faster off a flash drive I plug in then its > (HDD) Plus some time to actually do this would help. As I mentioned below, time to play with this machine wont happen until after this project is complete, and only if I actually buy this ROG. > > It's likely that after this project is finished, I might buy it from > > the client, to be used as a Windows development box for my virtual > > world work (which is what the client has me doing anyway). Then > > I'll be getting EFL running on it under Windows (not something the > > client wants), and I could dual boot it into Linux at that time to > > help out with this, if it's still needed. > > > > I gotta be busy with this current contract though, tight deadline > > and a lot of work to get through. > > > >> :/ WHY does this happen? > >> > >>> Oculus Rift developers are having a hard time with these, as > >>> Oculus has dropped support for them, though laptops are popular > >>> for demos, coz it's easier to carry one around. I had a hard > >>> time with one, before I discovered that the client will be using > >>> laptops for their Rift stuff, so we decided to stick with the > >>> last Rift SDK that supported nVidia Optimus. > >>> > >>> I have no idea what the ATI versions are like. -- A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel XDK. Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2-D/3-D games for multiple OSs. Then get your creation into app stores sooner, with many ways to monetize. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741551&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
