[SOLVED] X11, Is there a method to check if a compositor is running?

kokoko3k · 2017-07-25 12:42:06

I wrote a tool that optionally make uses of transparency/shadows
The problem is that when compositor is turned off, it becomes ugly, so i wonder if there is a way to detect if a compositor is running and so automatically turn it off as needed.

Thanks.

--EDIT--
Marked as solved, but i've had to shorten the subject to prepend [SOLVED]

Last edited by kokoko3k (2017-07-25 17:33:55)

phw · 2017-07-25 13:59:51

What toolkit is it using? The screenshot looks kinda like GTK, there you have gdk_screen_is_composited (). Other toolkits possible provide something similar.

I don't know how to check this on a lower level, but maybe you want to dive into the code

seth · 2017-07-25 16:56:44

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/331 … is-running

kokoko3k · 2017-07-25 17:33:03

Nice spotting seth!
I searched but come up empty, thank you both for answering.

Arch Linux

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[SOLVED] X11, Is there a method to check if a compositor is running?

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