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K0tuk

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Registered: 2009-04-06

Posts: 125

xcompmgr glitches

Hi!

I`m using Openbox as a standalone DE, with xcompmgr and conky. No KDE apps (i know they don`t like xcompmgr and vice-versa). The problem is that after some time (2-3 hours) xcompmgr starts glitching. Windows overlay, some become transparent etc. If is simply kill it in task-manager and restart again, it works normally for 2-3 hours, and then it starts all over again.  I start xcompmgr with xcompmgr -cCfF -t-5 -l-5 -r4.2 -o.55 -D3.

This is how it looks like:
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7590 … 0x1200.png

Last edited by K0tuk (2009-08-04 10:01:13)

bernarcher

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From: Germany

Registered: 2009-02-17

Posts: 2,281

Re: xcompmgr glitches

xcompmgr is by no means perfect. I have written a small script to restart xcompmgr and bound it to a suitable key. Thus, as soon as there are any misfunctions (usually windows build up becomes slow and ruggy) I simply press that key and everything runs smoothly again for some time.

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Wikimig

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From: France

Registered: 2004-12-10

Posts: 77

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Re: xcompmgr glitches

Hi!

I`m using Openbox as a standalone DE, with xcompmgr and conky. No KDE apps (i know they don`t like xcompmgr and vice-versa). The problem is that after some time (2-3 hours) xcompmgr starts glitching. Windows overlay, some become transparent etc. If is simply kill it in task-manager and restart again, it works normally for 2-3 hours, and then it starts all over again.  I start xcompmgr with xcompmgr -cCfF -t-5 -l-5 -r4.2 -o.55 -D3.

This is how it looks like:
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7590 … 0x1200.png

+1 here

It used to work but doesn't any more. And I can't find any log or output!

Raffles10

Member

From: London, UK

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 115

Re: xcompmgr glitches

I've had similar experiences with xcompmgr, running up the cpu after 3 - 4 hrs and slowing everything down. I'm now using xcompmgr-dana (in AUR) and have had no problems, works smoothly.

freely

Member

Registered: 2009-08-17

Posts: 7

Re: xcompmgr glitches

xcompmgr-dana   +1 

Shadows conky issue, fixed for me with:

bakground yes
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

Last edited by freely (2009-12-10 17:14:26)