Fluxbox transparency problem

x_user · 2015-03-13 22:14:26

Hello

I set 60-70% transparency for my xfce terminal in fluxbox, transparency works, i see pulpit, but when some items are "under" terminal i should see him but i see only puplit...

And i dont se animation of moving wallpaper under my terminal , they changes when i "drop" terminal to some place

i have hope for answers, greetings

Gusar · 2015-03-13 22:32:01

That's completely normal. Fluxbox is not a compositor, so all you get is fake transparency. If you want real transparency with Fluxbox, you need to use compton.

x_user · 2015-03-13 22:39:52

Mhmm, i see, but maybe somewhere i can find some free-alternative ? Any free composite manager ?

Trilby · 2015-03-13 22:43:20

Have you searched at all? Really, but that in to the search box of the wiki or google and you'll have your answer.

jasonwryan · 2015-03-13 22:43:26

A free alternative to compton!?

Trilby · 2015-03-14 16:45:05

From your other thread:

x_user wrote:

Im just install compton on my fluxbox, but i dont see animation of moving windows(terminal etc), only black square and i see my window only when i drop it, anybody knows how to install animation for moving windows ?

You say you installed it, but did you configure it? Did you start it? Is it running?

x_user · 2015-03-15 14:34:14

Yes i configure it, and its works, shadows,transparency etc, its my compton.conf file:

# Shadow
shadow = true;
no-dnd-shadow = true;
no-dock-shadow = true;
#clear-shadow = true;
#shadow-radius = 7;
#shadow-offset-x = -7;
#shadow-offset-y = -7;
shadow-opacity = 0.4;
# shadow-red = 0.0;
# shadow-green = 0.0;
# shadow-blue = 0.0;
shadow-exclude = [ "n:e:xfce4-notifyd" ];
#shadow-ignore-shaped = false;
# Opacity
menu-opacity = 0.9;
#inactive-opacity = 0.8;
#frame-opacity = 0.7;
inactive-opacity-override = false;
alpha-step = 0.06;
# Fading
fading = false;
# fade-delta = 30;
fade-in-step = 0.03;
fade-out-step = 0.03;
# no-fading-openclose = true;
# Other
mark-wmwin-focused = true;
mark-ovredir-focused = true;
detect-rounded-corners = true;
detect-client-opacity = true;
#refresh-rate = 0;
#vsync = "none";
dbe = false;
paint-on-overlay = false;
sw-opti = false;
# Window type settings
wintypes:
{
tooltip = { fade = true; shadow = false; opacity = 
0.85; };
};

Any ideas how to fix problem ?

Trilby · 2015-03-15 14:38:59

I hope someone more familiar with xfce-terminal can chime in on this point - but I know when I dabbled with xfce there were all sorts of settings for what type of compositing to use. I don't know if/how these are applied when just using xfce-terminal by itself in another WM. But in parallel to this, I know other terminal emulators have different configurations for true transparency (requiring a compositor) and pseudo-transparency that they handle on their own. It sounds like xfce-terminal may be configured for pseudo-transparency, so when it is moved, it keeps trying to grab an image of the desktop - but with a compositor there is no such data, so it is empty/black until the move is complete. If this is right, the problem is not in compton configuration, but in the terminal settings.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-03-15 14:52:31

Try using rxvt-unicode instead and start it using:

urxvt -depth 32 -bg '[75]#000000'

This should start it using true (75%) transparency with a black background.

x_user · 2015-03-19 15:57:45

This dont help... still dont have animation of terminal, i will try to find another terminals and will see.

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Fluxbox transparency problem

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