After upgrading my laptop to KDE 4.8 I was unable to start Kwin GLES as default window manager. The only way was to switch it in console:
kwin_gles --replace &
It's not very comfortable. I found this hint on ArchWiki, and adapt it for Kubuntu:
First, you need kwin_gles installed:
sudo apt-get install kde-window-manager-gles
When it is installed, create new file ...
sudo nano /usr/share/kde4/apps/ksmserver/windowmanagers/kwin_gles.desktop
... with this content:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=KWin GLES
Exec=kwin_gles
TryExec=kwin_gles
X-KDE-WindowManagerConfigure=systemsettings
X-KDE-WindowManagerRestartArgument=--replace
Now you can change the window manager in the system settings: Open System Settings, go to Window Manager, select Use a different window manager: and select KWin GLES.
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Background: For two years I'm experiencing strange, yet increasing problems with Kubuntu on my ThinkPad T60/T60p. It started with version 10.10 which suffered from strange WLAN faults and random desktop lockups. The workaround for the WLAN problem slowed the wireless interface down so much that is was unusable.
Since version 11.10 a problem with my USB keyboard came on top: Every now and then - but still regularly - the key last pressed was repeated endlesslyyyyyyyyy. And versions 12.04 and 12.10 also had the sound problem already known. The sound was distorted so much that listening to music and watching videos was impossible. The distortions were even worse with full screen video. The GUI ran quite slow and lagged (even on my 2.1 GHz machine).
All these problems are gone now.
But Kwin GLES only works with Kubuntu up to version 12.04(.01), not version 12.10. Here the screen refresh is faulty which makes using the desktop impossible.
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