[gentoo-user] Transparency mostly works with KDE 3.5.1 + Xorg 6.8.2

[gentoo-user] Transparency mostly works with KDE 3.5.1 + Xorg 6.8.2

[Roy Wright]

Howdy,

Played around and got Transparency working with KDE 3.5.1.  In the past
it had been extremely slow.  This time I found:

  http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Xorg_X11_and_Transparency

which proved to be very useful (THANK YOU to the author(s)).  I was missing:

Option      "backingstore" "true"

from my xorg.conf.

I have noticed one problem.  When I open KDE's Control Center, and I resize
the window, the left panel is filled with the background.  Another way 
to duplicate
the problem is to open KWrite and do a resize, then the main panel is 
filled with
the background.  I've tried with ARGB enabled/disabled, no joy.  Any ideas?

Should I try with xorg-x11 7.0?

Here's my Devices section from my xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
    Option        "CursorShadow" "True"
    Option      "TwinView" "True"
    Option      "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
    Option      "MetaModes" 
"1600x1200,1600x1200;1280x1024,1280x1024;1024x768,1024x768;800x600,800x600"
    Option      "SecondMonitorHorzSync" "28-95"
    Option      "SecondMonitorVertSync" "50-120"
    Option      "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
    Option      "RenderAccel" "true"
    Option      "backingstore" "true"
    Option      "UseEDIDDpi" "FALSE"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName   "Unknown Board"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

I'm running nvidia 1.0.8178 on x86, linux-2.6.14-gentoo-r4 kernel.

TIA,
Roy

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Re: [gentoo-user] Transparency mostly works with KDE 3.5.1 + Xorg 6.8.2

[Peter Ruskin]

On Sunday 05 February 2006 17:45, Roy Wright wrote:
> Played around and got Transparency working with KDE 3.5.1.  In
> the past it had been extremely slow.  This time I found:
>
>   http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Xorg_X11_and_Transparency
>
> which proved to be very useful (THANK YOU to the author(s)).  I
> was missing:
>
> Option      "backingstore" "true"
>
> from my xorg.conf.
>
> I have noticed one problem.  When I open KDE's Control Center,
> and I resize the window, the left panel is filled with the
> background.  Another way to duplicate the problem is to open
> KWrite and do a resize, then the main panel is filled with
> the background.  I've tried with ARGB enabled/disabled, no joy.
>  Any ideas?

No, I just got transparency working too (thanks to your post) and 
I'm seeing exactly the same as you are.  Avoid resizing when 
transparency/shadows are enabled is my advice.

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Peter
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Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.0.54.	kernel-2.6.15-gentoo-r1.
i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+.		gcc(GCC): 3.4.5.
KDE: 3.5.1.				Qt: 3.3.4.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Transparency mostly works with KDE 3.5.1 + Xorg 6.8.2

[Peter Ruskin]

On Sunday 05 February 2006 20:33, Peter Ruskin wrote:
> No, I just got transparency working too (thanks to your post) and
> I'm seeing exactly the same as you are.  Avoid resizing when
> transparency/shadows are enabled is my advice.

Update: Control Centre -> Desktop -> Window Behaviour -> 
Translucency -> Opacity -> deselect Inactive and Moving windows

...helps a lot.

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Peter
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Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.0.54.	kernel-2.6.15-gentoo-r1.
i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+.		gcc(GCC): 3.4.5.
KDE: 3.5.1.				Qt: 3.3.4.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Transparency mostly works with KDE 3.5.1 + Xorg 6.8.2

[Roy Wright]

Peter Ruskin wrote:

>On Sunday 05 February 2006 20:33, Peter Ruskin wrote:
>  
>
>>No, I just got transparency working too (thanks to your post) and
>>I'm seeing exactly the same as you are.  Avoid resizing when
>>transparency/shadows are enabled is my advice.
>>    
>>
>
>Update: Control Centre -> Desktop -> Window Behaviour -> 
>Translucency -> Opacity -> deselect Inactive and Moving windows
>
>...helps a lot.
>
>  
>
Actually the problem only happens with "Moving windows" selected.

Have fun,
Roy
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