xfwm4 compositor generates problems

[Liviu Andronic]

On 10/9/06, Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org> wrote:
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> Liviu Andronic wrote:
> > I have searched bugzilla and didn't find anything on this.
> >
> > I am using Xfce RC1 with Xorg 7.1 (compositor
> > enabled). When I enable the compopsitor in
> > WM Tweaks, I have 2 miss-behaving applications: VLC and xv.
> >
> > VLC is utterly uncapable of displaying movies in full-screen mode (tried
> to
> > enable a full-screen related option in WM Tweaks, but didn't help). It
> has
> > also problems displaying movies at all. Xv, on the other hand, has a
> blanc
> > screen. That is, the application starts quite fine but inside the window
> > decorations there is nothing. Both programs respond to inputs, but they
> do
> > not display anything. Xv is blanc. VLC is
> > black. When moving/resizing both applications,
> > they start to display normally.
>
> The bug is not in xfce window/compositor manager. Alpha transparency is
> achieved by adding 8 bits for transparency (ie 24+8 bits) and some
> applications are not aware or misuse this format.
>
> VLC is buggy in this regard. Xine has been fixed, but not VLC.
>
> > The problem is solved when disabling the compositor in WM Tweaks. Hope
> > this helps the devels..
>
> The problem doesn't lie in xfce, sorry.

Tant mieux. Cheers.


That's why compositor is
> optional and can be enabled/disabled. So, either disable it with VLC,
> fix VLC, or use Xine ;)
>
> Cheers,
> Olivier.
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Liviu
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