[Bug 197989] New: composite failing after kernel upgrade to 2.6.30

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197989

           Summary: composite failing after kernel upgrade to 2.6.30
           Product: kde
           Version: 4.2.4
          Platform: Unlisted Binaries
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: jamnt at lycos.com


Version:            (using KDE 4.2.4)
Compiler:          gcc version 4.4.0 20090526 (prerelease) 
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Unspecified Linux

Hello,
I have small problem with kde 4.2.4.
Thank you for any help. Below is description of my system and the problem that
I have.

My system description:
laptop HP Pavillion dv5000 (Intel dualcore T2500)
video card:
nvidia Go 7400
RAM 2GB
OS:
Arch Linux (current)
running kernels:
2.6.29.4
2.6.29.5
2.6.30-Arch
2.6.30-zen2
2.6.31-rc1-zen1
nvidia driver: 185.18.14 (patched to install on 2.6.31-rc1)
all kernels are installed with nvidia modules, so I don't need to reinstall
nvidia driver when booting to another kernel.
or
nvidia driver: 180.53 or 180.60

KDE version: 4.2.4


problem:
after booting to any of the 2.6.30 I am loosing desktop effects (e.g.
transparency, Expose)
-----------
when I boot to 2.6.29.x effects are restored, without any modification of kde
settings.
-----------
Enable desktop effects is checked
Compositing type: OpenGL
OpenGL mode is set to Texture from Pixmap

Desktop effects work when booting to 2.6.29. Desktop effects do not work when
booting to 2.6.30 series or 2.6.31-rc1

I tried different options settings in Desktop Settings configuration panel with
no effect.
Moreover it seems that after upgrading to 2.6.30 more users have this problem.

I also have this exact problem when I had installed nvidia driver version
180.53 and 180.60 on all kernels (with exception of 2.6.31-rc1 as there are no
patches for earlier drivers to be installed on 2.6.31-rc1)

When booting to 2.6.30 and trying to re-enable desktop efects: I am getting the
following error:

    Quote:Failed to activate desktop effects using the given configuration
options. Settings will be reverted to their previous values.
    Check your X configuration. You may also consider changing advanced
options, especially changing the compositing type. 


this is the error appended to
~/.xsessions-error

    kwin(2891) KWin::CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion: GL vendor is
"NVIDIA Corporation"
    kwin(2891) KWin::CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion: GL renderer is
"GeForce Go 7400/PCI/SSE2"
    kwin(2891) KWin::CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion: GL version is
"2.1.2 NVIDIA 185.18.14"
    kwin(2891) KWin::CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion: XGL: no
    kwin(2891) KWin::CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion: Detected driver
"nvidia" , version "185.18.14"
    kwin(2891) KWin::CompositingPrefs::applyDriverSpecificOptions: nvidia >=
173.14.12, enabling compositing
    kwin(2891) KWin::x11ErrorHandler: kwin: X Error ( "error:
GLXBadDrawable[GLX+2], request: X_GLXMakeContextCurrent[GLX+26], resource:
0x3a0a765" )
    kwin(2891) KWin::Extensions::init: Extensions: shape: 0x "11" composite: 0x
"4" render: 0x "a" fixes: 0x "40"
    kwin(2891) KWin::Workspace::setupCompositing: OpenGL compositing
    kwin(2891) KWin::SceneOpenGL::initBufferConfigs: Drawable visual (depth 24
): 0x "59"
    kwin(2891) KWin::SceneOpenGL::initBufferConfigs: Drawable visual (depth 32
): 0x "80"
    kwin(2891) KWin::SceneOpenGL::initBuffer: Buffer visual (depth 24 ): 0x
"57"
    kwin(2891): Compositing self-check failed, disabling compositing.
    kwin(2891): Failed to initialize compositing, compositing disabled

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