Hello, i tried the process you described (xcompmgr and Xorg) but i had only nice shadow, while only a very little true transparency - mostly looking as a glitch.
So yeah if you can send me the binary of Bling i would really appreciate it. Otherwise i am not sure this machine can even do translucency: Linux x86, IBM Thinkpad T42, 64Megs Video Ram, ATI X300, 1 GIG RAM, 1,8GHz Intel CPU Pentium centrino i think about what i searched it seems it should work but i also found a lot of memory leaks complaints about xcompmgr thank you martin --- Mike Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > although the bling module (which is in CVS > though i dont use it) has > a nice gui and fades windows in and out when you > move the mouse over > them, i find using xcompmgr (with a bunch of options > set, like 'xcompmgr > -fF -cC -r7 -o.65 -l-10 -t-8 -D3' which gives you > fades and a good > shadow radius) and the latest version of GNOME > Terminal as the best way > to get transparency. > make sure to get the version of xcompmgr from > X.org's git > repositories because AFAIK only that version sets > the NET_WM hint that > allows GNOME terminal to know that a composite > manager is running and > gives you true transparency in the terminal window. > If you dont want to > go through the bother of getting that I can get you > a binary for linux/x86. > > KHERON DeNABHOTH wrote: > > Hello, > > > > i was just wondering if the Bling module is still > > available. I installed the latest snapshot and not > the > > CVS. So is the Bling module being still developed > or > > not anymore? > > > > Or in other words, what is the easiest way to > obtain > > translucency or transparency > > > > martin > > > > Martin Lukac > > Dept. of Electronic & Computer engineering > > portland state university > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you > sell. > > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? > Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files > using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> > http://get.splunk.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > > > > -- > Mike Russo > ReadQ Systems, Inc. > (212) 425-3680 > > Random quote of the last-time-I-ran-bash: > "I think if you say you're going to do something and > don't do it, that's > trustworthiness." > > George W. Bush > August 30, 2000 > >From an CNN online chat. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? > Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using > AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> > http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > Martin Lukac Dept. of Electronic & Computer engineering portland state university ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
