killing shadowing

[Steve Morris]

On 30/08/10 01:57, claydoh at claydoh.com wrote:
>> I've got KDE 4.4.2 , Lucid, 64amd
>>
>> Can anybody tell me how to kill shadowing/ tailing  please,
>> I've been round and round settings trying anything which
>> I think might do it but no luck - I've probably missed some-
>> thing obvious.
>> It is very irritating when I'm trying to adjust
>> colour levels in a graphic using gimp for instance. Sometimes
>> these 'shadowings' flash on and off 2 or 3 times a second.
>> I can't really understand why anyone would want character
>> and icon tails or shadows, is it supposed to pretty up the screen
>> or something? I certainly don't want horizantal stripes/ bars
>> all over the konsole screen.
>>   I don't see them in any screen-savers, how does this app.
>> kill them.
>> brian
>>
>> --
>>     
> Check out desktop effects settings (assuming they are on), but it sounds
> more like a graphics problem of some sort, as the shadows aren't supposed
> to flash, just add a drop-shadow to windows. the tails I don't quite
> understand what you are seeing. A link to an image of what you are seeing
> would be helpful here, I think.
>
> clay
>
>   
As clay said go to System Settings--> Desktop and check if you have
Desktop effects turned on as shadowing is usually controlled there. The
tails you are getting sounds like you have the cursor trails effect
active which may be controlled by the same settings as the Desktop effects.

regards,
Steve

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