[03:37] <john__> Hello there, i have a low powered laptop and the compositing is disabled, i've tried qdbus to enable it but no luck at all :(
[03:37] <john__> is there any other way to do it?
[03:38] <valorie> to enable compositing?
[03:38] <john__> valorie, yes
[03:38] <valorie> control+f2 gets you krunner up top, start typing compositor
[03:39] <valorie> and that gets you directly to compositor in systemsettings
[03:39] <valorie> or if you prefer, just go to systemsettings and find your way there
[03:40] <john__> ok...
[03:42] <john__> and then?
[03:46] <valorie> find what works for you
[03:47] <john__> the problem is that the compositor can't be enabled :/
[03:50] <valorie> why do you need it?
[03:53] <john__> don't know if it really matters but in my case because i want vsync for a tear-free experience
[03:56] <valorie> ah
[03:56] <valorie> well, not every computer has the power needed for compositing
[03:56] <valorie> nor all graphics cards /drivers
[03:57] <valorie> you might try installing the non-free driver for your graphics card/chip whatever
[03:59] <john__> i have already done this and this pc is capable of using a compositing desktop, it can even wayland and also kde's compositor but something went wrong after enabling backports ppa
[03:59] <valorie> aha
[03:59] <valorie> so you might need ppa-purge
[03:59] <valorie> !ppa-purge
[04:00] <valorie> works well, but you'll need to install it first
[04:00] <valorie> the easy way to do that is `sudo apt install ppa-purge`
[04:00] <valorie> in the commandline
[04:04] <john__> also qdbus returns that is possible to use compositing
[04:10] <valorie> john__: backports don't work for everyone, which is one reason we put them into a PPA
[04:10] <valorie> so that they can be removed and/or purged