taskbar panel transparency

[Erik Harrison]

On 5/2/05, Ajit Datar <ajitdatar at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have compiled it with the compositing option. I am running FC3 so it has
> 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.

Did you turn on the Composite extension in xorgconfig?

> 
>  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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> > > > > > using transset or transset-df it is...
> > > > > >
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