Recommended compositor settings

[simonsaysthis]

HI all

I'd love to know what your favorite compositor settings are. I am using Nvidia proprietary drivers but I can't seem to get it right to not get issues with transparency effects flying off the handle. At the moment I deactivated compositor completely which seems to be OK except that all the pretty transparency tweaks are gone.

simon@my-desktop:~$ inxi -Fxzc0
System:    Host: my-desktop Kernel: 4.15.0-22-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
          Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.12.5 (Qt 5.9.5) Distro: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Machine:   Device: desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME A320M-K v: Rev X.0x serial: N/A
          UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4011 date: 04/19/2018
CPU:       6 core AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core (-MT-MCP-) arch: Zen rev.1 cache: 3072 KB
          flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 43112
          clock speeds: max: 3600 MHz 1: 2152 MHz 2: 1905 MHz 3: 1881 MHz 4: 1881 MHz 5: 1881 MHz 6: 1879 MHz
          7: 1881 MHz 8: 1882 MHz 9: 1876 MHz 10: 1871 MHz 11: 1880 MHz 12: 1879 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050] bus-ID: 07:00.0
          Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 ) drivers: nouveau (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
          Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
          OpenGL: renderer: NV137 version: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller
          driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 09:00.3
          Card-2 NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 07:00.1
          Card-3 Logitech driver: USB Audio usb-ID: 003-003
          Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-22-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
          driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
          IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
          Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k bus-ID: 06:00.0
          IF: wlp6s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1500.3GB (1.4% used)
          ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WDS500G2B0A size: 500.1GB
          ID-2: /dev/sdb model: ST1000DX002 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 55G used: 6.7G (13%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
          ID-2: /home size: 149G used: 5.2G (4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
          ID-3: swap-1 size: 8.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda6
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 28.0
          Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0
Info:      Processes: 246 Uptime: 1:42 Memory: 2367.7/15973.8MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: N/A
          Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56

[simonsaysthis]

Actually, I am just seeing that I am using Nouveau. Maybe that plays a role?

[woodsmoke]

Nouveau is generally considered to be pretty much a workhorse and I have used it a LOT with different distros.

But, on Kubu and Neon now I am actually use Xrender a lot sometimes OpenGL2
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But I tend to run either really old equipment or really new equipment.

To that end, I do not have a 'favourite" compositor, I just use what works, and adjust for things like "screen tearing" etc

An important component of all this is MESA which is being used and is involved with Nouveau as you know Nvidia does not release information so everything has to be reverse engineered. Looking up MESA is an informative thing and you probably know all about it, the mention is for new folks.

woodsays NICE RIG smoke