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Freezes soon after launching #1509

@averagenokiauser

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@averagenokiauser

Hello, I'm trying to use Picom with XFCE on Arch, but soon after launching it my whole system freezes until i stop it. Soon after freezing it will often also log me out. My system only supports OpenGL 2.1 so i use it with Xrender. Here are the diagnostics:

**Version:** v13 (/srcdest/picom revision d87a5ba)

### X extensions:

* GLX: present
* Present: present
* RandR: present
* Shape: present
* Sync: present

### Misc:

* Use Overlay: No

* Config file specified: None
* Config file used: /etc/xdg/picom.conf

### Drivers (inaccurate):

modesetting
[ 23. 02. 2026 00:50:18.517 glx_init ERROR ] Failed to get GLX context.
 Cannot initialize backend glx
[ 23. 02. 2026 00:50:18.519 egl_init WARN ] The egl backend is still experimental, use with care.
[ 23. 02. 2026 00:50:18.538 egl_init ERROR ] Failed to get EGL context: 0x3009
 Cannot initialize backend egl

Here are the logs:

picom.log

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