xcompmgr wont run properly

ninjaprawn · 2010-02-14 20:47:01

hi,

just tried to run xcompmgr after a long time ignoring it! my problem is that it gives no errors when run from terminal, but it just displays bits of windows & the wallpaper!

as you can see from the screen shot below, 4 icons are missing from the right hand side of tint2 at the bottom of the screen, & wbar is missing from the top. I have to switch desktop to achieve even this, after 1 second on a desktop, everything disappears! it doesnt make any difference with xcompmgr options/flags either!

Screenshot

tjwoosta · 2010-02-15 02:35:15

Have you tried running xcompmgr with a run dialogue instead of the terminal? I know on my machine it works great from fbrun but if I run it from a terminal it screws up my desktop almost like your seeing.

ninjaprawn · 2010-02-15 08:38:35

i havent, but I will do later, thanks for the tip.

ninjaprawn · 2010-02-15 19:03:32

tjwoosta wrote:

Have you tried running xcompmgr with a run dialogue instead of the terminal? I know on my machine it works great from fbrun but if I run it from a terminal it screws up my desktop almost like your seeing.

no luck, i tried it from gmrun & from my ~/.xinitrc. neither way made any difference.
any other suggestions??
thanks

ninjaprawn · 2010-02-17 19:11:11

an update. I have been playing with the options, and i can get xcompmgr to run fine, but only with the -a flag! obviously, this is pointless as it "Use automatic server-side compositing. Faster, but no special effects"

anybody got any tips??

also, anyone know if xcompmgr has an error log? i cant find it if it does!

thanks

Last edited by ninjaprawn (2010-02-17 19:37:22)

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#1 2010-02-14 20:47:01

xcompmgr wont run properly

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Re: xcompmgr wont run properly

#3 2010-02-15 08:38:35

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#4 2010-02-15 19:03:32

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#5 2010-02-17 19:11:11

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