terminal border issue

Lexion · 2009-05-10 23:14:03

In xmonad (0.8.1) my true-transparent urxvtc's don't have black borders. If the border is black, it doesn't show up. If it's grey, it shows up a little, If it's white, it shows up alot.
I have seen other xmonad setups where this has worked, but I haven't gotten their xmonad.hs or xinitrc files. The transparency extends to the borders. This only happens
with true transparent terminals. You can see my configs in my sig. So my question is, what is wrong with this picture?

mikesd · 2009-05-10 23:34:55

Sounds like you are making the entire window transparent using transset-df or similar. This is what I do and you see the same thing. Black is invisible and white stands out. I actually like this.

To get the effect you want try setting the transparency in urxvt itself. Read man 7 urxvt for info. Set the background as transparent, the foreground as opaque and don't set the windows transparency in the window manager.

Edit: Hmmm, looking at your configs you may have already tried this. Not sure if that is the case. I'll have a play in my setup.

Last edited by mikesd (2009-05-10 23:38:02)

Lexion · 2009-05-10 23:40:38

I don't even have transset-df installed. What you suggested is what I use. But thanks for the really quick answer.

mikesd · 2009-05-10 23:50:49

Lexion wrote:

I don't even have transset-df installed. What you suggested is what I use.

Are you sure?

!True-Transparency
!urxvt*depth: 32
!urxvt*background: rgba:0000/0000/0000/cccc

!Fake-Transparency
urxvt*transparent: true
urxvt*shading: 20

The rgba visual looks to be commented out to me.

Lexion · 2009-05-11 12:17:45

New .Xdefaults

*background: #010101
*foreground: #bbbbbb
*scrollBar: disabled

!True-Transparency
urxvt*depth: 32
urxvt*background: rgba:0000/0000/0000/aaaa

!Fake-Transparency
!urxvt*transparent: true
!urxvt*shading: 20

*fading: 20

*font: -*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

!cursor is blue
*cursorColor: #86a2be
!black
*color0: #000000
*color8: #242424
!red
*color1: #bf7878
*color9: #f4a45f
!green
*color2: #97b26b
*color10: #c5f779
!yellow
*color3: #cdcda1
*color11: #ffffaf
!blue
*color4: #86a2be
*color12: #98afd9
!magenta
*color5: #c9c788
*color13: #d7d998
!cyan
*color6: #a1b5cd
*color14: #a1b5cd
!white
*color7: #bbbbbb
*color15: #dedede

The same problem is still happening.

Last edited by Lexion (2009-05-12 17:11:48)

Lexion · 2009-05-12 17:12:19

bump.

phabulosa · 2009-05-12 17:47:11

If you are using Intel GMA as your graphic card.
It can be fixed by enabling "UXA" mode, instead of "EXA".

Lexion · 2009-05-12 22:40:47

I use 945GM/GMS, and neither UXA or EXA works.

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terminal border issue

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