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Old 03-29-2021, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by bobbinhoppin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
I installed the driver recommended for the card by Nvidia, version 340xx, yes indeed legacy. It worked in my main distro (puppy linux, which does not have a precompiled version of Wine 6) but I haven't gotten it to work in Debian yet.

I am satisfied overall with the performance in EQ - I too do not expect much more in crowded raid-like areas on a budget old laptop, I was just describing that generally the card and graphics seem to be functioning as expected, the only problem is right click camera panning.


How do I disable compositor?

Ty
I wasn't sure if the chip would work with the legacy 340 driver as its right on the cutoff area on the 'supported devices list' for xorg. That's great that it does.

For the compositor, it depends on the desktop you're using. I'm using KDE and I can get to the compositor settings screen by going to the 'System Settings' and its under 'Display and Monitor'. I can also use the search bar that KDE has and type in 'compositor' and get right to it there.

I'm going to guess you might be using Gnome right now because you said you might try Ubuntu. I haven't used Gnome in years but I think I remember they disabled the ability to turn off compositing in their new Unity version which is a shame. But you can select what desktop environment you want to use on the login screen. Should be a 2D or classic or something along those lines that will either have compositing disabled or allow you to disable it.

Did a quick look around and I came accross this post on askubuntu regarding performance issues in full screen games with the ubuntu compositor and how to work around it by disabling vsync.

Are you using the onboard trackpad or an external wired or wireless mouse? I just looked more into that particular laptop and there are a surprising number of complaints with the trackpad.
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