[opensuse-factory] Plasma5 requirements, Tumbleweed
At my fully updated Tumbleweed I have sometimes slight problems with the plasma5 desktop and I have to fall back on LXQT. Looking through some older emails I found following sentence: ------------ Prior to starting (Plasma), ensure you have a video card that's *at least* capable of OpenGL 2. Plasma (or rather, the libraries it has been built upon) will not run if your driver doesn't support at least OpenGL ------------ Have never looked into the specifics of my video-card. Google shows me it runs OpenGL 1.4. Would this mean that I can suspect more problems in the future?. And if this requirement is given for running Plasma5, why was it never hinted at the setup of Tumbleweed, something like, your graphics card is not suitable for running a Plasma desktop. -- Linux User 183145 using KDE4 Tumbleweed on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 20151116 (x86_64) Kernel: 4.3.0-1.g7b374a4-default KDE Development Platform: 4.14.12 20:28pm up 2:03, 2 users, load average: 0.51, 0.39, 0.44 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
Il Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:44:49 +0700, C. Brouerius van Nidek ha scritto:
Would this mean that I can suspect more problems in the future?.
The only solution would be to force software rendering through the "llvmpipe" driver, otherwise Plasma 5 will not be able to run on your hardware. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
2015.11.20 15:59, Luca Beltrame rašė:
Il Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:44:49 +0700, C. Brouerius van Nidek ha scritto:
Would this mean that I can suspect more problems in the future?. The only solution would be to force software rendering through the "llvmpipe" driver, otherwise Plasma 5 will not be able to run on your hardware.
In https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349519 suggest to export variables QT_XCB_FORCE_SOFTWARE_OPENGL=1 LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE="true" This will force to use software rendering, instead of hardware OpenGL accelerated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On Friday, November 20, 2015 04:01:04 PM opensuse.lietuviu.kalba wrote:
2015.11.20 15:59, Luca Beltrame rašė:
Il Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:44:49 +0700, C. Brouerius van Nidek ha scritto:
Would this mean that I can suspect more problems in the future?.
The only solution would be to force software rendering through the "llvmpipe" driver, otherwise Plasma 5 will not be able to run on your hardware.
In https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349519 suggest to export variables
QT_XCB_FORCE_SOFTWARE_OPENGL=1 LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE="true"
This will force to use software rendering, instead of hardware OpenGL accelerated.
Thanks for the info. Also thanks to the suggestion of Luca. Only practical problem, where do I insert these solutions. 1: force software rendering 2: export variables -- Linux User 183145 using KDE4 Tumbleweed on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 20151116 (x86_64) Kernel: 4.3.0-1.g7b374a4-default KDE Development Platform: 4.14.12 09:52am up 15:27, 2 users, load average: 0.43, 0.37, 0.44 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
C. Brouerius van Nidek composed on 2015-11-21 11:40 (UTC+0700):
The only solution would be to force software rendering through the "llvmpipe" driver, otherwise Plasma 5 will not be able to run on your hardware.
In https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349519 suggest to export variables
QT_XCB_FORCE_SOFTWARE_OPENGL=1 LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE="true"
This will force to use software rendering, instead of hardware OpenGL accelerated.
Thanks for the info. Also thanks to the suggestion of Luca. Only practical problem, where do I insert these solutions.
1: force software rendering 2: export variables
Fedora seems to handle the need for software rendering via script: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249280 -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On 11/21/2015 12:16 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
C. Brouerius van Nidek composed on 2015-11-21 11:40 (UTC+0700):
The only solution would be to force software rendering through the "llvmpipe" driver, otherwise Plasma 5 will not be able to run on your hardware.
In https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349519 suggest to export variables
QT_XCB_FORCE_SOFTWARE_OPENGL=1 LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE="true"
This will force to use software rendering, instead of hardware OpenGL accelerated.
Thanks for the info. Also thanks to the suggestion of Luca. Only practical problem, where do I insert these solutions.
1: force software rendering 2: export variables
Fedora seems to handle the need for software rendering via script: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249280
That script can be added to .config/plasma-workspace/env/ -- Cheers! Roman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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