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FS#70245 - glx, picom, i3 and nvidia
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Opened by Radu Caprarin (radu.mihai10) - Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 15:04 GMT
Last edited by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Friday, 16 April 2021, 08:12 GMT
Opened by Radu Caprarin (radu.mihai10) - Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 15:04 GMT
Last edited by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Friday, 16 April 2021, 08:12 GMT
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DetailsDescription: I don't know if I should post this here or not but whenever I set picom's backend to glx all my windows get glitched, xrandr works properly but glx doesn't even render windows, they are all just a background color and I can't even switch workspaces on i3(at least I can't see them changing, keyboard input is being read properly). This has happened since I installed arch on my system(1-2 months ago) , unrelated to new updates. I can confirm that glx used to work as backend for me with this machine with other distros.
Additional info: picom 8.2-1 CPU: intel i7-6700k GPU: nvidia gtx 970 I attached my glxinfo. Steps to reproduce: set glx as backend in picom.conf, open any window or try to change workspaces 
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Closed by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto)
Friday, 16 April 2021, 08:12 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Appears to be fixed with the latest mesa update
Friday, 16 April 2021, 08:12 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Appears to be fixed with the latest mesa update
Comment by Radu Caprarin (radu.mihai10) -
Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 16:34 GMT
Actually, the problem I think is with glx, not picom. Glx doesnt seem to work for me at all. I do have an openGL project that doesn't work if I try to render something through glx libraries.
Comment by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) -
Tuesday, 06 April 2021, 09:31 GMT
Thanks for reporting. Could this be a problem with the nvidia drivers? Does it work if you use the proprietary Nvidia drivers (or Nouveau, if you're currently using the Nvidia drivers)?
Comment by Radu Caprarin (radu.mihai10) -
Tuesday, 06 April 2021, 10:37 GMT
I'm using the proprietary ones. It doesn't work with the nouveau drivers either. I don't know what it could be. The thing is, I have a multiple boot system, I freshly installed an arch based distro that uses the same packages and there everything works, however even if I freshly install arch(I tried it 2-3 times) glx never really works (at least with picom) as backend(I've had this issue for quite some time). I always install the same packages on every installation so I don't think I am missing installing something.
Comment by Sven-Hendrik Haase (Svenstaro) -
Friday, 09 April 2021, 17:35 GMT
Since this doesn't appear to be a driver specific problem, I'm not sure what I can contribute here.
Comment by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) -
Saturday, 10 April 2021, 12:40 GMT
If it's not driver-related and not picom-related, could it be i3-related? Does it work with ie. the Nvidia driver + Xfce4 + Picom? Or Openbox?
Comment by Radu Caprarin (radu.mihai10) -
Saturday, 10 April 2021, 15:00 GMT
I think the last mesa updates fixed it. I will be testing more but for now everything seems to be fine. Probably it was the driver after all even tho I tested with a different driver as well but at that time it didnt work.