taskbar panel transparency

[BlackFenix]

If your xorg is 6.8.1, them you need enable the option
"EnableComposite" in the xorg.conf.
xorg 6.8.2 work fine.

On 5/3/05, Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I can't tell, you need to check the log on the configure script so see
> what is missing on your system.
> 
> Cheers,
> Olivier.
> 
> On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 15:35 -0500, Ajit Datar 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.
> >
> > 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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