Comments on: Transparencies in Openbox with xcompmgr http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bob http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-47201 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:40:55 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-47201 I can confirm the conky crash, but only when own_window is set to no. To get the same appearance as when own_window set to know, do:
own_window yes
own_window_class Conky
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

]]> By: Schneider http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-35886 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:44:43 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-35886 Installed and running, it’s great!
I read about 3ddesktop, it of course can complete the minimalistic eyecandied desktop :)
http://urukrama.wordpress.com/openbox-guide/

]]> By: Schneider http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-35884 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:13:10 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-35884 Really, really cool. I was reading about and discovered you blog. I already use openbox, so it’s half the path :)

]]> By: Bryan http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-30982 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:22:06 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-30982 The background option that makes conky play well is the ‘desktop’ window_type

So this should do it for you:

own_window true
own_window_transparent true
own_window_type desktop

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-28052 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:53:09 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-28052 I’m afraid I can’t answer for VLC or Totem; I only use Mplayer.

As for conky, I didn’t have much luck getting it to mesh well with xcompmgr. conky wants to refresh every few seconds, and that’s not kosher for xcompmgr, which is kind of refreshing on the fly. Either way, the two never worked together for me.

And welcome to Openbox! It’s the best window manager there is, if you ask me. :D

]]> By: Richard Querin http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-27953 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:06:25 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-27953 I’m running Openbox on Feisty with xcompmgr. Mainly I use xcompmgr for shadows only, but I have two problems with it:

1. Only mplayer seems to play vids right when xcompmgr is running. Totem, VLC and others just give me audio and blackscreen for video.

2. I have a small Conky display on the desktop. The xcompmgr shadowing makes it look funky unless the desktop background in the area of the conky display is black. I’ve never fooled with transparency though, so maybe I could get it to look a little better.

I love the speed and customizability of Openbox. I’m not sure I could go back to Metacity or Compiz now. ;)

]]> By: Richard Kut http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-863 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:51:26 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-863 Hey, great article! I too like openbox on Edgy. Try using gkrellm instead of conky. You might like it. I use it with xcompmgr and I have no corruption whatsoever.

]]> By: srlinuxx http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-711 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:11:02 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/transparencies-in-openbox-with-xcompmgr/#comment-711 Try playing around with the “background” boolean for conky. It’s been a while, but seems to me like that setting helped me achieve use without corruption when using xcompmgr. “double_buffer” might be another to test.

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