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z33m

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Registered: 2010-05-07

Posts: 12

tint2 fake transparency with pcmanfm2 desktop

Im running openbox with pcmanfm and tint2. I switched to pcmanfm 0.9.7 from the older version. Tint2 fake transparency doesn't seem to be working now with pcmanfm desktop. It shows a black background instead of the desktop wallpaper. Here is my autostart.sh

pcmanfm --daemon-mode --desktop &
tint2 &

Im not running any composite window manager. anyone else having this problem?

xenofungus

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From: Spain

Registered: 2009-10-17

Posts: 63

Re: tint2 fake transparency with pcmanfm2 desktop

I had a similar problem when setting a solid color with xsetroot, but it worked fine with wallpapers. Have you tried using feh, nitrogen, hsetroot or any other method to set a wallpaper?

thil77

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Registered: 2008-08-29

Posts: 52

Re: tint2 fake transparency with pcmanfm2 desktop

perhaps add some temporisation, because tint2 is speeder than pcmanfm.
(sleep 2s && tint2) &

z33m

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Registered: 2010-05-07

Posts: 12

Re: tint2 fake transparency with pcmanfm2 desktop

perhaps add some temporisation, because tint2 is speeder than pcmanfm.
(sleep 2s && tint2) &

I tried this, but no effect.

I had a similar problem when setting a solid color with xsetroot, but it worked fine with wallpapers. Have you tried using feh, nitrogen, hsetroot or any other method to set a wallpaper?

yes that worked.. well not exactly the way i wanted.

I think tint2 takes image from the root window to create fake transparency. When i set background in pcmanfm, it doesn't set root window backgorund, it only sets background for pcmanfm desktop. So it works when i set the same background on pcmanfm and using nitrogen, which is kind of annoying when changing wallpapers.

Here is my new autostart.sh

nitrogen --restore &
tint2 &
pcmanfm --daemon-mode --desktop &