Talk:Xorg/Transparency
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[edit] Editing
- Posted by GweeDo767 at September 7, 2004 01:57 PM
- Edited by AlecZorab at September 8, 2004, 13:12 GMT
- Formatted by Thrasher 16:54, 10 Sep 2004 (GMT)
[edit] Comments
echo "x11-misc/xcompmgr" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords echo x11-misc/xcompmgr >> /etc/portage/packages.unmask emerge "=xcompmgr-0.1_pre20040821-r1"
It should be echo "x11-misc/xcompmgr ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords instead of echo "x11-misc/xcompmgr" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords?
/etc/portage/package.keywords is used to apply keywords on a package to package basis, this is the correct way to do it see masked. (correct in document) -- Thrasher 16:42, 10 Sep 2004 (GMT)
F-ing awesome tip man. Thanks. Now my KDE is as sexy is as it is functional. --SmokesLikeaPoet 11:37, 15 Nov 2004 (GMT)
[edit] Stability issues with regards to GLX?
Skimming through the forum threads I picked up that applications using GLX make X crash when using xcompmgr. Could information on this be added to the guide?
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That typically applies only for ATI cards, as their drivers dont yet work with X.org 6.8.
Also, I question the value of the edit of xorg.conf, adding "Option backingstore" for ATI owners. What's the point of this if the drivers don't work with 6.8?
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That doesn´t only apply to ATI-cards, NVIDIA too. Unexpectable crashes with xcompmgr enabled possible, no solution yet. Also issues with engage (panel), both don´t work together.
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I wasn't able to enable composite extensions with the glx module loaded
--Covracer 02:10, 21 September 2005 (GMT)
[edit] Bad habits
The "&" asks xcompmgr to run in the background - when it's like this you will have to use "kill" or "killall" to stop xcompmgr.
"&" Starts process in the background. It should be first called foreground with command fg and then killed with ctrl+c. Not to be killed with kill or killall.
dude, this is a wiki. i don't understand what you said, or else i'd change it myself, but rather than just say "oh, this is wrong, it's a bad habit"...go change it!
thank you :) --69.141.221.171 19:05, 12 Feb 2005 (GMT)
Question: I have a fast computer with lots of ram and a really old crappy (ROC (tm)) video card. When I run xcompmgr, xorg runs pretty slow. Is this most likely because I have the ROC video card, or could I have something configured wrong? (My next purchase will be a better video card, probably a matrox g550, or similar.
Answer: X.org composite is slow. I'm running a pentium M 1.8 w/ 512 RAM and a 128 MB ATI 9600 (but the drivers aren't installed yet). Just using xcompmgr isn't that bad, it's slightly slugish. But if I try to use transet, then my computer becomes completely useless. This is running Gnome. I'll go try to see the effect later on with e17 or fluxbox.
[edit] Flash Crash - startup script for mozilla/firefox
Where is this startup script?
- I believe the author may have been referring to the injection of a line of code into /usr/bin/firefox
- which is a startup script that launches /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher
- I tried /usr/bin/firefox-bin, mine now looks like this:
#!/bin/sh # # Stub script to run mozilla-launcher. We used to use a symlink here $ # OOo brokenness makes it necessary to use a stub instead: # http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78890 export MOZILLA_LAUNCHER=firefox-bin exec /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher "$@" export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1
But that seems to have no effect. --Terrible Tim 14:58, 5 Jun 2005 (GMT)
how about placing the line befor the exec?
export MOZILLA_LAUNCHER=firefox-bin export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 exec /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher "$@"
--TheJackal 15:03, 5 Jun 2005 (GMT)
Thanks! That worked! Now I can watch strongbad...
Although my kicker still crashes every time I hit a flash page, and also crashes on startup. Dunno weather there is any fix for KDE 3.4. --Terrible Tim 15:12, 5 Jun 2005 (GMT)
[edit] Start be default
xcompmgr is sweet. Now how do i make it start when xorg starts?
- You can make it start either by putting it in your autoload for whatever DE you use, or open up /etc/X11/Sessions, and add xcompmgr in the one you use. -- MighMoS 17:21, 3 Aug 2005 (GMT)
[edit] Gnome-Logout
When pressing the logout button in gnome the normal gnome-logout window will apear. But when xcompmgr is running it seems like the screen freezes. It doesn't, the gnome-logout just doesn't apear on screen, but it is there in the background. So hitting <RET> after pressing the logout button, causes the logout.
Is there any fix for this logout window not being shown?
/Martin Skou
[edit] Start transset by default
is there a way to setup your commands to run transset on a terminal in advance? I have been looking for documentation on the transset command and am unable to find it. any info would be great, i hate to have to transset .5 each terminal that i open. /bullring 6/6/06
[edit] Someone please check this command
Someone want to verify that i didn't screw up the commands in 4.4 transset-df. I don't have a linux box and don't know if the cd regex command will work despite the tar being in the same directory.
[edit] works in ubuntu under gnom
I was able to get it to work in ubuntu with gnom. Thout youed like to know. [IMG]http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c275/samperk1/transparant.png[/IMG]
[edit] xfce4/xfwm4
Below statement is only correct if xfwm4 has been compiled with USE=xcomposite, which is not standard.
Note: A standard XFCE4 installation includes a transparency manager which is installed by default and is activated when the Composite-extension is enabled!
