Compositor woes

[jan]

Hi,

Follow this link:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Xorg_X11_and_Transparency

btw.: I'm also using Xfce 4.2 (from portage tree). All I need to do was
to enable composite extension in Xorg .... you do nor need to run
"xcompmgr -c" as Xfce has build in composite manager.

You can check if your xfce composite manager is running by running
"xcompmgr -c" which should give you message "Another composite manager
is running." ... 

Transparent windows are made with "transset"

ciao
Jan

On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 06:20, Bob Snyder wrote:
> I am trying to get shadows and transparency to work, and I am getting 
> confusing symptoms.
> 
> I have 4.2.0, compiled with from the graphic installer, and with the 
> compositor enabled. This is confirmed by looking at config.log for xfwm4 
> which says "  $ ./configure --enable-compositor....".
> 
> I have x.org 6.8.2, compiled from source,  and I have the compositor 
> enabled in my X config file. This is confirmed by looking at Xorg.0.log 
> which says "(**) Extension "Composite" is enabled"
> 
> I have tried running xfwm4 with --compositor set to on, off, and auto. I 
> don't see any shadows, or transparency.
> 
> When I run "xcompmgr -c" I do get drop shadows, but no transparency. If 
> I leave xcompmgr running and kill xfwm4, the panel becomes transparent.
> 
> My video card is nvidia GeForce4 MX 440, X server is the open source 
> 'nv' driver.
> 
> I'm out of clues.
> 
> Bob S.
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