Non-functioning compositing

segfault · 2013-11-24 07:46:56

Hello,

I have checked Enable compositing in Window manager tweaks, but on the Panel dialog, Appearance tab, I can see 'Enable compositing for opacity settings in the panel'.
What gives? Shouldn't it use the xfce's own compositing engine?
I should mention that I'm using a dual monitor system.

Cheers!

Last edited by segfault (2013-11-24 20:58:43)

ozjd · 2013-11-25 00:24:58

Might be worth logging out and back in again.
What distro and Xfce version are you using?
After you enable Compositing do the options on that screen work, e.g. opacity of windows? If not could be a graphics driver problem, you might need to check with your distro that you are using the correct / best driver for your graphics card although that is rarely a problem with Xfce. Dual monitors shouldn't be a problem.

segfault · 2013-11-25 06:26:49

ozjd wrote:

Might be worth logging out and back in again.

I've logged out countless times, to no avail.

ozjd wrote:

What distro and Xfce version are you using?

Slackware 14.1 w/ XFCE 4.10.

ozjd wrote:

After you enable Compositing do the options on that screen work, e.g. opacity of windows? If not could be a graphics driver problem, you might need to check with your distro that you are using the correct / best driver for your graphics card although that is rarely a problem with Xfce. Dual monitors shouldn't be a problem.

No, they don't. They are greyed out and that warning I previously mentioned appears. Although on the window manager tweaks dialog they are not greyed out, and I can even modify them, but they don't have an effect.

ozjd · 2013-11-25 06:32:21

It sounds like a graphics driver issue. Sorry I have no idea how to set up Slackware. You need to identify the card you have and the driver it is using.

segfault · 2013-11-25 16:48:35

I understand. But doesn't feel quite right, as everything else seems to work (Xinerama, even gaming under wine).

ToZ · 2013-11-25 18:04:05

A couple of sanity checks:

Is xfwm4 running?

pgrep -l xfwm4

Was it compiled with compositor support?

xfwm4 --version

...and look at "Embedded compositor" line.

segfault · 2013-11-25 18:14:41

pgrep -l xfwm4

-->

2431 xfwm4

and

xfwm4 --version

-->

Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0".
	This is xfwm4 version 4.10.1 (revision 3918e6b) for Xfce 4.10
	Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
	Compiled against GTK+-2.24.18, using GTK+-2.24.19.

	Build configuration and supported features:
	- Startup notification support:                 Yes
	- XSync support:                                Yes
	- Render support:                               Yes
	- Xrandr support:                               Yes
	- Embedded compositor:                          Yes
	- KDE systray proxy (deprecated):               No

It's the stock XFCE that comes with the distro; I haven't tampered with it at all.

ToZ · 2013-11-25 20:07:46

Then I think that @ozjd is on the right track and its a problem with the video card/driver.

EDIT: Maybe this is related? Disabling xinerama in xorg.conf solved the problem there.

Last edited by ToZ (2013-11-25 20:12:29)

segfault · 2013-11-25 20:22:41

You might be right, as the issue of Xinerama vs compositing keeps popping up.
I'll try to replace it with xRandr, when I get the time to fiddle with it again.

Thanks, to both of you.

ozjd · 2013-11-26 03:07:54

Nice catch ToZ, I hadn't heard of that one, always learning something new. Good luck segfault, hope it fixes it for you.

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