[Bug 160820] New: 3D Earth Model widget sticks around like a ghost, arrhh!

[Rodney Gedda]

------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.
         
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160820         
           Summary: 3D Earth Model widget sticks around like a ghost, arrhh!
           Product: plasma
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: panel-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: rodney gedda info


Version:           4.0.3 (using KDE 4.0.3)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

I have seen the reports of Plasma crashing when this widget is added to a system that doesn't support OpenGL shaders, but my experience is different.

If I drag the 3D Earth Model widget to the desktop I get a plasmoid with the message "this object could not be created". When I kill it it returns the next time I start my desktop session (or computer).

If I drag it to the panel I get the message "This object could not be created for the following reason: OpenGL shaders not supported", but not just on the panel the bottom half of the message stretches over to the top of the screen! And now I can't seem to get rid of the damn error message. It just won't delete. Weird shit.

I'm using Intel 945 graphics which supports KWin Composite in a breeze.

I hope this helps make KDE more usable. Keep up the good work.