taskbar panel transparency

[Ajit Datar]

I have compiled it with the compositing option. I am running FC3 so it has 
X.org <http://X.org> > 6.8
I also created a transparency file as mentioned in the manual with panel=90 
(for 90% transparency) and I still can't see my panel translucent.

What could be the problem? I have a dell 700m laptop with intel i8255GM 
graphics controller.

Thanks
Ajit

On 5/2/05, Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 01:33 +0800, brandon wrote:
> > So, how do i check whether i already have the embedded compositing
> > manager is compiled in already or not?
> 
> If you had it compiled it, you'd know because you would see shadows
> under the windows and a translucent Xfce panel.
> 
> > if not, can i just install it over my xfce or do i have to recompile
> > it?
> 
> You have to recompile xfwm4 and specify "--enable-compositor" among
> the ./configure parameters.
> 
> Please see the documentation (a copy is available online here
> http://www.loculus.nl/xfce/documentation/docs-4.2/xfwm4.html )
> 
> > and if it is, how to i alter the settings for it to make the panel
> > transparent?
> 
> Please see the documentation (a copy is available online here
> http://www.loculus.nl/xfce/documentation/docs-4.2/xfce4-
> panel.html#panel-transparency )
> 
> HTH
> Olivier.
> 
> > thanks
> >
> > Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > xcompmgr is a compositing manager, and xfwm4 already includes one (but
> > > it's not compiled in by default), so xcompmgr is not needed. A
> > > compositing manager is a complex tool in charge of "composing" the
> > > screen from the different windows that are supposed to be seen, 
> applying
> > > transparency between them and their overlapping areas.
> > >
> > > "transset" is just a simple tool that instructs the compositing 
> manager
> > > to force an opacity on an existing window. "transset" uses virtually 
> not
> > > resource by itself.
> > >
> > > The Xfce panel doesn't need transset and is able to change its opacity
> > > on the fly when the mouse pointer enter/leave the panel. This works 
> only
> > > when a compositing manager is running, either the embedded one or an
> > > external compositing manager such as xcompmgr.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > > Olivier.
> > >
> > > On Sun, 2005-05-01 at 23:41 +0800, brandon wrote:
> > >
> > > > ouch.... was hoping that i could do that with some xfce without 
> xcompmgr
> > > > and transet like in gnome or kde... ok then is there anyway to edit 
> the
> > > > colour of the taskbar? other than changing the theme entirely?
> > > >
> > > > Patrick Yavitz wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > brandon wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi, is it possible to make the taskbar panel transparent, like 
> in
> > > > > > gnome? if so how do i do it? thanks
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