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M177ER

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Registered: 2008-06-15

Posts: 148

[solved] nvidia + compositing - unwanted transparency

I'm not sure what happened, improper set up by me after driver update?, but when using the window manager tweaks -> compositing in XFCE I get unwanted transparency for every option. I have everything set to opaque but I am getting transparency, it is like the settings are being ignored. If I turn display compositing off it's OK but I like my shadows.

The info:
Video card: NVIDIA GPU GeForce FX Go5200

$ sudo pacman -Qi nvidia-96xx | grep Version
Version        : 96.43.07-5
$ sudo pacman -Qi nvidia-96xx-utils | grep Version
Version        : 96.43.07-1

xorg.confg

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder57)  Wed Jul  2 12:30:48 PDT 2008


Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath         "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "record"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "xtrap"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Touchpad"
    Driver         "synaptics"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option         "LeftEdge" "1700"
    Option         "RightEdge" "5300"
    Option         "TopEdge" "1700"
    Option         "BottomEdge" "4200"
    Option         "FingerLow" "25"
    Option         "FingerHigh" "30"
    Option         "MaxTapTime" "180"
    Option         "MaxTapMove" "220"
    Option         "VertScrollDelta" "100"
    Option         "MinSpeed" "0.06"
    Option         "MaxSpeed" "0.12"
    Option         "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
    Option         "SHMConfig" "on"
#  Option    "Repeater"    "/dev/ps2mouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName      "Monitor Model"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 130.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 100.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Card0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName      "NV34M [GeForce FX Go5200 64M]"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Card0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "true"
    Option         "NoLogo" "true"
    Option         "AGPFastWrite" "true"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

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

Last edited by M177ER (2008-08-24 15:09:47)

M177ER

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Registered: 2008-06-15

Posts: 148

Re: [solved] nvidia + compositing - unwanted transparency

I have tried the nvidia 173.14.12-3 driver which is apparently the correct one for this card. I thought it was a legacy card but their website says to use this one. The problem persists though. I'm getting transparency in the xfdesktop right-click mouse menu, when moving and resizing windows and my biggest annoyance is the transparency in menu drop downs, in mousepad, terminal, etc.

M177ER

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Registered: 2008-06-15

Posts: 148

Re: [solved] nvidia + compositing - unwanted transparency

Well it had nothing to do with the nvidia driver. The transparency was set by the xfwm themerc that I was using - it continued after switching themes and disabling/enabling compositing though. Doh! Deleted the lines in the themerc and everything looks good.