569166 - Enable Direct2D by default for some subset of hardware

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Graphics, defect)

Description

[Bas Schouten (:bas.schouten)]

This is a bug for tracking all issues which prevent Direct2D from being enabled by default, on -some subset- of hardware.

Comment 1

[Joe Drew (not getting mail)]

Let's get this in for beta 4!

Comment 2

[Shawn Wilsher :sdwilsh]

Given the number of dependent bugs for this, is this actually going to make it for beta4?

Comment 3

[Bas Schouten (:bas.schouten)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Given the number of dependent bugs for this, is this actually going to make it
> for beta4?

I don't think all the dependent bugs actually block Beta4. Some of them can be handled after beta4 I think. We're doing what we can, in any case.

Comment 4

[Bas Schouten (:bas.schouten)]

D2D was re-enabled http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/f2959b949445. Let's hope it sticks.

Comment 5

[Egor Pelevin]

Why isn't this bug blocked by bug 532106?

Until it's fixed (by the patch for bug 130078 I suppose) D2D is making browsing painful. I need to go to another tab and then switch back before I see any content.

OS: Windows Vista
Graphic card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series (DirectX 10.1)
Drivers: Catalyst 10.7

Comment 6

[Bas Schouten (:bas.schouten)]

(In reply to comment #5)
> Why isn't this bug blocked by bug 532106?
> 
> Until it's fixed (by the patch for bug 130078 I suppose) D2D is making browsing
> painful. I need to go to another tab and then switch back before I see any
> content.
> 
> OS: Windows Vista
> Graphic card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series (DirectX 10.1)
> Drivers: Catalyst 10.7

Because bug 130078 blocks Beta5, and we need to start getting D2D tested now or it won't be ready. We will do what we can to find a temporary fix that will cover the beta 4 testing period. It's possible to try beta 4 without D2D by setting mozilla.widget.render-mode to 0 in about:config.

Comment 7

[Joe Drew (not getting mail)]

Sadly, this needs to slip to beta 5.

Comment 8

[Mike Beltzner [:beltzner, not reading bugmail]]

I believe that this was turned on in http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/pushloghtml?changeset=42545f8d4b10, yes?

Comment 9

[Mike Beltzner [:beltzner, not reading bugmail]]

Sorry, ignore comment 8 - that's bug 549116 (Enable D2D by default)

Comment 10

[Joe Drew (not getting mail)]

We enabled it by default a couple of weeks ago; we'll leave this open as a tracking bug, but there's no need for it to block beta 5.

Comment 11

[Matt Woodrow (:mattwoodrow)]

Closing this since Direct2D is enabled by default now.