Bug#444190: OpenGL screensaver malfunctions from upgrade

[Michel Dänzer]

On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 15:29 +0000, David wrote:

> Now it is like you say.  Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
> activated and compiz works.
> 
> I do not know why the change. Maybe some important updates in sid
> recently? (anyway, I just tried compiz *once* when it failed to
> start). 
> 
> So, if this option is good for compiz and kwin, why is it not the
> default?

Because it disables some acceleration paths, which is usually bad
without a compositing manager.

> 
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