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This is due to the fact that, under firefox 3, canvas uses xlib/xrender for its rendering instead of pure software rendering under firefox 2. Unfortunately, the state of xrender in Nvidia binary driver is [http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/299.html still] [http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/290.html far from perfection]. | This is due to the fact that, under firefox 3, canvas uses xlib/xrender for its rendering instead of pure software rendering under firefox 2. Unfortunately, the state of xrender in Nvidia binary driver is [http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/299.html still] [http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/290.html far from perfection]. | ||
The currents solutions are either to use the "NV" drivers (but it won't be possible to benefit of the same level of 3D acceleration used by compiz and co) or to tweak the InitialPixmapPlacement as follows: | The currents solutions are either to use the "NV" drivers (but it won't be possible to benefit of the same level of 3D acceleration used by compiz and co) or to use the latest binary drivers (>= 173) and tweak the InitialPixmapPlacement as follows: | ||
nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2 | nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2 | ||