KDE Desktop Effects

[huggybear]

Not sure if the version in Squeeze already had blur effects, but if so, try disabling them. They can be quite resource hungry.

[cynwulf]

So it looks like the xorg.conf was the issue here. I created the one Cynwulf posted and it did let me enable the KDE Desktop Effects with OpenGL.

However, my machine is on the lower end of the spec train, so I ended up having to turn it off because it was a bit of a pain on how slow to respond my system got with it enabled. But, at least I know for the future, when I get myself a new machine someday, what I need to do.

Thanks for the help all.

You need xorg.conf in squeeze in order to enable the composite extension, if I recall correctly. In testing/unstable it should be enabled by default.

It honestly shouldn't be that slow though, I wouldn't be surprised if it's still using the software rasteriser, what is the output of this now that you've got it all set up?

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glxinfo | grep render