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Kyle Carter

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Registered: 2008-02-14

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Does anyone have TRUE transparency with urxvt in fluxbox?

Been using rxvt-unicode for a while and I really like it, and I loved how it looked in Openbox, the transparency worked wonderfully. But now that I've moved to Fluxbox, the transparency doesn't work at all. I've googled and searched a few forums, but everything I've tried fails. my Xdefaults are tweaked nicely, and I can certainly modify the appearance of urxvt, EXCEPT the transparency.

Is this a fluke of Fluxbox? Or am I just missing something?

rson451

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Re: Does anyone have TRUE transparency with urxvt in fluxbox?

iirc fluxbox has a transparency setting in it's own config, maybe the init file. it's been a while since i've used it but you may wanna start there.

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rine

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-03-04

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Re: Does anyone have TRUE transparency with urxvt in fluxbox?

Don't you need compositing for true transparency? Maybe you missed something?

Kyle Carter

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Registered: 2008-02-14

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Re: Does anyone have TRUE transparency with urxvt in fluxbox?

iirc fluxbox has a transparency setting in it's own config, maybe the init file. it's been a while since i've used it but you may wanna start there.

Not quite what I'm looking for, but you're right.. With Fluxbox, you can make entire windows transparent. Which is fine, but I'm nitpicky. What I liked about Urxvt in Openbox, was that The terminal itself was transparent, while the window decoration stayed opaque. Thank you, though.

Don't you need compositing for true transparency? Maybe you missed something?

You most certainly do, and I should have mentioned that I'm running XCompMGR quite smoothly with drop shadows and all, I'm just having a small issue with one app.

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

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Re: Does anyone have TRUE transparency with urxvt in fluxbox?

 /usr/bin/urxvt -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/bbbb -tint grey

If that doesn't work you need additional .Xdefaults tweaks, here is mine for reference.

Kyle Carter

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Registered: 2008-02-14

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Re: Does anyone have TRUE transparency with urxvt in fluxbox?

 /usr/bin/urxvt -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/bbbb -tint grey

If that doesn't work you need additional .Xdefaults tweaks, here is mine for reference.

And this works for you in Fluxbox? I tried it with my Xdefaults and then with yours, and still no transparency.

astacha

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Registered: 2009-03-04

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Re: Does anyone have TRUE transparency with urxvt in fluxbox?

To quote "Ranguvar" in  another post "Apparently the window manager needs to support 32-bit visuals, which Fluxbox doesn't."
See: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=82137

Anyway, I'm gonna try Openbox and blackbox to see if it works.

lswest

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From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2008-06-14

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Re: Does anyone have TRUE transparency with urxvt in fluxbox?

Anyway, I'm gonna try Openbox and blackbox to see if it works.

I have Openbox running urxvt with true transparency, and I think blackbox supported it too (back when I used it) using xcompmgr.

Hope that helps,
Lswest

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