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rWarrior

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Registered: 2008-12-28

Posts: 26

[Solved] How to remove a transparent window on the desktop

I am using KDE 4.5.3-1.

$uname -a
Linux desktop 2.6.35-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Oct 30 21:22:26 CEST 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7200 @ 2.53GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

There appears to be a transparent window on my desktop, as shown by the shadow outline in this snapshot:
http://individual.utoronto.ca/davidshih … pshot.jpeg

It appears with different wallpapers, and I can't seem to disable it. Right-clicking brings up the same context menu as outside the ghost window. Nothing in Desktop settings appear to control the appearance of this window. Restarting does not help.

I am not sure when it appeared...

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Last edited by rWarrior (2010-12-23 04:33:58)

skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,543

Re: [Solved] How to remove a transparent window on the desktop

Known bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251537
Workaround: Try disabling shadows in desktop effects

rWarrior

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Registered: 2008-12-28

Posts: 26

Re: [Solved] How to remove a transparent window on the desktop

Setting the resolution to a lower setting and again to the original setting appeared to solve the problem.

zyxon

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From: Hungary

Registered: 2010-08-31

Posts: 36

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Re: [Solved] How to remove a transparent window on the desktop

This is a sort of common bug of KDE, happened to me too when I was using some other distribution with KDE, logging out and logging back in usually solved this problem for me.