Lubuntu alternative sessions script

[Andre Rodovalho]

I guess I found what's wrong. With some tests I saw that Compton is working
fine. Cairo-Dock does not get transparency if Compton is not loaded indeed.

I had Compton already installed, and I made an entry on lxsession-edit, not
to load automatically, because I had those issues with transparency on
lxpanel... I guess at this point things were messed up... When I set
Compton to load, it works transparency with cairo-dock, when not,
cairo-dock has that ugly black background!

With fake-transparency cairo-dock acts even uglier, as you can see on my
SS. The transparency is "faked" with a piece of the user's background, that
is terrible looking when you have an window on the middle of it!


2013/7/6 Federico Leoni <effelle at gmail.com>

> Andre,
>
> the Intel 950 fully support opengl. I've tested this session on a 950gma
> and works fine here. Are you using the latest intel closed drivers or the
> open?
>
> Is cairo-dock working fine now?
>
> When you wrote "screen blinks" you meant screen flicker for a second then
> shadows works fine? That's the normal behaviour.
>
> If you like you can try another configuration of compton to see if it's
> working fine. It grants a tear free desktop with composite video playback.
> For my Nvidia setup it's better than Lubuntu without composite. :)
>
> killall compton
> compton -cC --backend glx --paint-on-overlay --glx-no-stencil
> --glx-no-rebind-pixmap --vsync opengl-swc --detect-client-opacity  -b
>
> More detailed information about compton setup can be found here:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2144468
>
> Or simply open a terminal and
>
> man compton
>
> Let us know.
>
> F.
> Em 06/07/2013 11:00, "Andre Rodovalho" <andre.rodovalho at gmail.com>
> escreveu:
>
>  My video card is an Intel GMA 950. Not a very old one, and there is
>> OpenGL support. I remenber using this mode on games...
>> *lshw* shows: Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics
>> Controller
>> See: http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/
>>
>> *compton -cCb* runs great, screen blinks and windows get shadows...
>>
>>
>> 2013/7/5 Federico Leoni <effelle at gmail.com>
>>
>>> What are the specs of your notebook? Are you using an ATI video card?
>>> Seems your note has not opengl support. And that's strange. Could you
>>> gently try the other  cairo-dock installed? The one without opengl support.
>>> Fake transparency is used when you have not a composite manager enabled.
>>> To see if you had problem with compton open a terminal and write:
>>>
>>> killall compton
>>> compton -cCb
>>>
>>> Then report what happened.
>>>
>>> Tchau
>>>
>>> F.
>>> Em 05/07/2013 22:31, "Andre Rodovalho" <andre.rodovalho at gmail.com>
>>> escreveu:
>>>
>>>  My e-mails were kept to moderation... I attached images, and this list
>>>> accepts only 40kb. So, here it comes again:
>>>> .....
>>>>
>>>> Script worked quite nice, but cairo-dock don't like my notebook
>>>> specs... It was complaining about OpenGL, and I had to set up some "fake
>>>> transparency thing"
>>>>
>>>> Another thing, Compton on my 13.04 is not stable too. Sometimes it
>>>> breaks manu-cache, and the "start" menu gets hidden (I use the panel on the
>>>> left). The transparency and shadows sometimes goes to lxpanel too... My
>>>> configs for that matter are: "compton -i 0.6 -e 0.6 -f -I 0.065 -O 0.065 -D
>>>> 6 -m 0.9  -G -b"
>>>>
>>>> Some SS to clarify
>>>> http://s18.postimg.org/7wcl49g2h/2013_07_05_153752_1280x800_scrot.png
>>>> http://s15.postimg.org/wpjpgwi5n/2013_07_05_153214_1280x800_scrot.png
>>>>
>>>> ......
>>>>
>>>> leveraging this thread, I would like to know how to set this dock on
>>>> obconf... Is this a "dock" like those you guys are talking about? I have
>>>> already tried to make some changes on it, but I saw no difference, so, I
>>>> left it alone forever!
>>>>
>>>> http://s18.postimg.org/aeya4y1sp/2013_07_05_221311_1280x800_scrot.png
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2013/7/5 Andre Rodovalho <andre.rodovalho at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>> leveraging this thread, I would like to know how to set this dock on
>>>>> obconf... Is this a "dock" like those you guys are talking about? I have
>>>>> already tried to make some changes on it, but I saw no difference, so, I
>>>>> left it alone forever!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2013/7/5 Federico Leoni <effelle at gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>>  I understand you don't like to add an additional layer but
>>>>>> composting is what we need for shadows and transparency. If we will not add
>>>>>> them... Any basic dock is OK. Just remember the result will be less eye
>>>>>> candy. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> F.
>>>>>> Em 05/07/2013 21:17, "Mr Wislr" <contact at unleashpc.com> escreveu:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Other than that its wbar or simdock
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> both do not require a composite manager
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --Ronnie
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>
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