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TheInfernalCow

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Registered: 2016-01-11

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[SOLVED] Openbox xcompmgr and docky grey shadow

Hi,

First time posting here so sorry if it's in the wrong place . Starting messing around with openbox, and have installed both xcompmgr and docky. However, every time I start up openbox, (both xcompmgr and docky are in my openbox autostart) there is this big grey shadow that covers the entire width of the bottom screen (pic: http://imgur.com/IEPUQKC). Now, if i go into the docky settings and change any of the settings (changing a setting then changing one back aswell), the artifact disappears - looking around on the internet people are saying run 'xcompmgr -n' however this disables all shadows, and I still want to keep the shadows around the rest of the windows. As the problem is solved if I change a setting, it appears that docky is running some kind of refresh script that refreshes the dock, is there anyway I could run this script manually to reset the dock and remove the odd shadow? Alternatively is there anyway that I can only enable the xcompmgr shadows for certain windows? (or rather, disable them for certain windows). Been looking around for a while but to no avail, thanks in advance

Last edited by TheInfernalCow (2016-01-11 17:08:32)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] Openbox xcompmgr and docky grey shadow

       -C     When -c is specified, attempts to avoid painting shadows on
              panels and docks.

So use:

xcompmgr -cC &

in the autostart file

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TheInfernalCow

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Registered: 2016-01-11

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Re: [SOLVED] Openbox xcompmgr and docky grey shadow

       -C     When -c is specified, attempts to avoid painting shadows on
              panels and docks.

So use:

xcompmgr -cC &

in the autostart file

Thanks, that worked a treat Also, is there a solved button anywhere or do I just stick [SOLVED] in the title?

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] Openbox xcompmgr and docky grey shadow

stick [SOLVED] in the title?

^ This

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