gnome transparencies

[lizardking]

Somebody knows how to set transparencies under Gnome 2.8 ? :?:

thnx

[Johan]

Assuming that you have configured your x.org correctly you can use the xcompmgr and transset commands to set transparencies. They can be installed by apt-get install xcompmgr transset. This, however, assumes that you are using Hoary.

[lizardking]

assumes that you are using Hoary.
and if I am with warty i can't?

[DoubleDangerClub]

No. XF86 does not support transparency.

[eNiNjA]

Somebody knows how to set transparencies under Gnome 2.8 ? :?:

thnx

Hehe, excuse me for this one...

Why do we buy faster computers, only to get em fat, and slow them down?

*is guilty too

[WakkiTabakki]

Why do we buy faster computers, only to get em fat, and slow them down?

This applies to girlfriends as well...

[vassalle]

Assuming that you have configured your x.org correctly you can use the xcompmgr and transset commands to set transparencies. They can be installed by apt-get install xcompmgr transset. This, however, assumes that you are using Hoary.
hi.. how do i set all this option ? is it buggy or laggy in anyway ? iM using hoary btw.. thanks in advance!

[bored2k]

This applies to girlfriends as well...
rofl

[invitro]

Hehe, excuse me for this one...

Why do we buy faster computers, only to get em fat, and slow them down?

*is guilty too

Hehe. The thing is that with a reasonably recent graphics card from Nvidia, it's not slowing it down. At least not noticable. That means we can have eye candy porn for free!

Can't wait until Metacity integrates XComposite support and has options for window shadows!

[HungSquirrel]

is it buggy or laggy in anyway ?
Yes and yes. It's good for pretty screenshots and that is it.

[invitro]

Yes and yes. It's good for pretty screenshots and that is it.

Buggy - yes
Laggy - depends

I didn't have any speed problems with Nvidia drivers and HWAccel (or whatever it's called) turned on.

[vassalle]

Buggy - yes
Laggy - depends

I didn't have any speed problems with Nvidia drivers and HWAccel (or whatever it's called) turned on.
HWAccel ? what is that?

[panickedthumb]

RenderAccel? That's the only thing I can think of.

[LongTooth]

How does one use this option? How to set it?

I just did a sudo apt-cache search xcompmgr transset. No return on this query. Where can I get it? Would I have to add a repository?

And last but not least, once I get it, how do I use it? Thanks.

[invitro]

RenderAccel? That's the only thing I can think of.

Of course I meant RenderAccel (blame the early hour)!

It's an option available only to those with Nvidia cards and the proprietary nvidia driver. Google it and you will find how to use it!

[LongTooth]

I've done some searching but still can't fine how to enable this feature. Can anyone give us a few pointers. According to the some post, it buggy and slows down your machine. I'd still like to give it a shot. So along with instructions on how to use it, don't forget the instructions on how to turn it off. Thannks.

[Gary Powers]

It has not worked for me yet [-o< , but I was told to enter "transset" at the command line and then click on the desired window. If you find the correct way, let us know.

Gary

[LongTooth]

Well, I did the same thing and I do get the '+' but when I click on a window...nothing. I would have expected to configure my system to have this on when I open an app, be that the the browser or what ever. I'd like some comments from someone who's used it. Thanks.

[vik]

Are you sure you're running "transset <transparency_value>" ? Usually doing transset 0.7 gives me a nice transparent window. Before I run trannsset, I run xcompmgr -c to start up the composite manager.

Make sure you have this somewhere in your xorg.conf:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Also, if you are using the nvidia binary chipset driver, add these lines in your Section "Device":

Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"

It goes extremely slow on my ati card since the fglrx driver disables DRI if composite is enabled :(

[telmo]

I just find it too damn buggy!
(using ATI driver 3D enabled)

[LongTooth]

Well, with these last two post, I think I'll stay away from this. If it affects the preformance of my system to this extent I don't want it. I like eye candy as much as the next guy but not at the expense of my PC. Maybe later when these issues get ironed out.

[Gary Powers]

Thanks, Vik!

Gary