[gentoo-user] xorg and transparency

[gentoo-user] xorg and transparency

[Bruno Lustosa]

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Hello. I have been experimenting with xcomposite in xorg, to enable
transparency and other effects.
I added this to xorg.conf:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

and this under the Device section:
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"

Things are working fine. I can now call on xcompmgr and transset to enable
transparency on windows. However, things are incredibly slow. Only effect
that doesn't seem to cause a slowdown are the shadows and menu fading. All
the rest, pretty slow.
I'm running gnome 2.12 (with metacity), xorg-x11 6.8.2-r5, and nvidia
drivers (7676).
GLX seems to be working fine (I can run glxgears in composite enabled
server).
Also, I have experienced a few problems. Firefox window got fully
transparent somehow and I couldn't get it back. If I try to log out, the
dialog where it asks logout/restart/shutdown doesn't appear also.
gnome-panel goes to the back, and windows appear in front of them. Kinda
small bugs, but still bugs!
Has anyone managed to get it working fine and fast?

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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg and transparency

[Norman Golisz]

> However, things are incredibly slow.

Yes, the transparency abilities are still buggy and experimental.
Do you run Nvidia's TwinView?

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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg and transparency

[Bruno Lustosa]

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On 9/30/05, Norman Golisz <norman-golisz@arcor.de> wrote:
>
> Yes, the transparency abilities are still buggy and experimental.
> Do you run Nvidia's TwinView?
>

No, but I've read something about it not working with this.
A friend is running xfce under the same configuration, and things are way
faster on his machine.
Seems to be a problem with gnome also. Hope they implement this into
metacity soon.

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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg and transparency

[Hemmann, Volker Armin]

Hi,

> Also, I have experienced a few problems. Firefox window got fully
> transparent somehow and I couldn't get it back. If I try to log out, the
> dialog where it asks logout/restart/shutdown doesn't appear also.
> gnome-panel goes to the back, and windows appear in front of them. Kinda
> small bugs, but still bugs!
> Has anyone managed to get it working fine and fast?

yes, in KDE.
erything looks very nice, and everything is very fast ;)
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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg and transparency

[Tamas Sarga]

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> > Also, I have experienced a few problems. Firefox window got fully
> > transparent somehow and I couldn't get it back. If I try to log out, the
> > dialog where it asks logout/restart/shutdown doesn't appear also.
> > gnome-panel goes to the back, and windows appear in front of them. Kinda
> > small bugs, but still bugs!
> > Has anyone managed to get it working fine and fast?
>
> yes, in KDE.
> erything looks very nice, and everything is very fast ;)
>

Hi,

Really fast? I tried it also. I didn't meet any problem except the
speed. I set RenderAccel TRUE, and it has changed far faster than
without it, but it is very slow anyway.
Without transparency I can change across virtual desktops from a second to
another, but with it it takes 3 seconds. Did I make some mistakes?
I added tha composite modul, and renderaccel. I didn't use
AllowGLXWithComposite, I thought it is for ATI, am I right?
I have AMD 1800+ XP, 512 MB RAM, Nvidia FX5200 AGP and I use KDE 3.4. I
didn't use xcompmgr and transset, only the settings in the
Kontrolcenter.

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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg and transparency

[Uwe Thiem]

On 06 October 2005 10:29, Tamas Sarga wrote:

> Without transparency I can change across virtual desktops from a second to
> another, 

That slow? It's instantaneous here. With a shitty SiS card.

Uwe

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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg and transparency

[Kumar Golap]

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Hi all,

I tried it on mine...pretty slow with shadow...but with translucence on
without shadow....its bearablle...but its not instantaneous...

I am using a SiS 5591/2 AGP card .

Kumar

On 10/6/05, Uwe Thiem <uwix@iway.na> wrote:
>
> On 06 October 2005 10:29, Tamas Sarga wrote:
>
> > Without transparency I can change across virtual desktops from a second
> to
> > another,
>
> That slow? It's instantaneous here. With a shitty SiS card.
>
> Uwe
>
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> developers. - Linus Torvalds
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