Comments on: Enable RGBA Window Transparency In Ubuntu Karmic http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic Everything Ubuntu. Daily. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: theologicahttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-19185 theologica Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-19185 For some odd reason, this just causes issues for my computer. While I can login, I end up with a blank screen over the desktop (except for the toolbar) and the blank thing hides any opened windows. I am currently in the process of trying to fix stuff -- doing backups right now in case I need to actually *reinstall* everything -- but I am curious as to why this is. For some odd reason, this just causes issues for my computer. While I can login, I end up with a blank screen over the desktop (except for the toolbar) and the blank thing hides any opened windows. I am currently in the process of trying to fix stuff — doing backups right now in case I need to actually *reinstall* everything — but I am curious as to why this is.

]]> By: Floopy1962http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-17389 Floopy1962 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-17389 sudo aptitude upgrade ??? that f**k-up my friend pc... every time i install ubuntu (EVERY TIME) then install drivers for my video... synaptic and aptitude want to install every xorg server and i ignor him and lock versions from synaptic... the comand "apt-get upgrade" install him :P so funny :) now can someone tell me what to do with my friend ubuntu karmic linux 2.6.31.22 he can past from login screen xserver restart again and again:? someone? sudo aptitude upgrade ??? that f**k-up my friend pc… every time i install ubuntu (EVERY TIME) then install drivers for my video… synaptic and aptitude want to install every xorg server and i ignor him and lock versions from synaptic… the comand “apt-get upgrade” install him :P so funny :) now can someone tell me what to do with my friend ubuntu karmic linux 2.6.31.22 he can past from login screen xserver restart again and again:? someone?

]]> By: Chris Leeshttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5963 Chris Lees Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:21:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5963 If you use Gnome-Mplayer (or potentially any GTK-based video player apart from Totem, which doesn't have any transparency) you need to switch its video output to X11. Unfortunately, VDPAU and Xv don't seem to work with RGBA. If you use Gnome-Mplayer (or potentially any GTK-based video player apart from Totem, which doesn’t have any transparency) you need to switch its video output to X11. Unfortunately, VDPAU and Xv don’t seem to work with RGBA.

]]> By: Chris Leeshttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5964 Chris Lees Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:21:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5964 If you use Gnome-Mplayer (or potentially any GTK-based video player apart from Totem, which doesn't have any transparency) you need to switch its video output to X11. Unfortunately, VDPAU and Xv don't seem to work with RGBA. If you use Gnome-Mplayer (or potentially any GTK-based video player apart from Totem, which doesn’t have any transparency) you need to switch its video output to X11. Unfortunately, VDPAU and Xv don’t seem to work with RGBA.

]]> By: Chris Leeshttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5961 Chris Lees Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:17:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5961 This is pretty impressive. Windows Vista/7 require programs to be patched or partially rewritten to gain RGBA. Mac OS X doesn't seem to do it at all.Yes there are problems (anyone else notice that the background behind the "Unlock Screen" dialog is semi-transparent? Partly defeats the purpose of locking your screen!) but it's a great thing to hold over Windows users. I'm sure once this is default it'll do as much to bring across Windows users as Compiz once did :-) This is pretty impressive. Windows Vista/7 require programs to be patched or partially rewritten to gain RGBA. Mac OS X doesn’t seem to do it at all.

Yes there are problems (anyone else notice that the background behind the “Unlock Screen” dialog is semi-transparent? Partly defeats the purpose of locking your screen!) but it’s a great thing to hold over Windows users. I’m sure once this is default it’ll do as much to bring across Windows users as Compiz once did :-)

]]> By: Chris Leeshttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5962 Chris Lees Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:17:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5962 This is pretty impressive. Windows Vista/7 require programs to be patched or partially rewritten to gain RGBA. Mac OS X doesn't seem to do it at all.Yes there are problems (anyone else notice that the background behind the "Unlock Screen" dialog is semi-transparent? Partly defeats the purpose of locking your screen!) but it's a great thing to hold over Windows users. I'm sure once this is default it'll do as much to bring across Windows users as Compiz once did :-) This is pretty impressive. Windows Vista/7 require programs to be patched or partially rewritten to gain RGBA. Mac OS X doesn’t seem to do it at all.

Yes there are problems (anyone else notice that the background behind the “Unlock Screen” dialog is semi-transparent? Partly defeats the purpose of locking your screen!) but it’s a great thing to hold over Windows users. I’m sure once this is default it’ll do as much to bring across Windows users as Compiz once did :-)

]]> By: daas88http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5914 daas88 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:18:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5914 I was about to ask the same thing, but i see the difference now. Btw, is there a way to make metacity opaque? I was about to ask the same thing, but i see the difference now.
Btw, is there a way to make metacity opaque?

]]> By: daas88http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5915 daas88 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:18:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5915 I was about to ask the same thing, but i see the difference now. Btw, is there a way to make metacity opaque? I was about to ask the same thing, but i see the difference now.
Btw, is there a way to make metacity opaque?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5853 Anonymous Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:27:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5853 Firefox and swiftfox give firefox-bin and swiftfox-bin as the prognames. (Although I'm using firefox 3.6, but I don't know if that would make a difference)This is basically what I've added to the line and it seems to have fixed those programs including flash::checkgmail:gloobus-preview:exe:firefox-bin:swiftfox-binAlso smplayer now looks normal again :) thanks. Firefox and swiftfox give firefox-bin and swiftfox-bin as the prognames. (Although I’m using firefox 3.6, but I don’t know if that would make a difference)

This is basically what I’ve added to the line and it seems to have fixed those programs including flash:

:checkgmail:gloobus-preview:exe:firefox-bin:swiftfox-bin

Also smplayer now looks normal again :) thanks.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5850 Anonymous Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:47:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5850 Are the names that you mentioned what the 'progname=' calls them? (I just want to make sure I have the right name for them before adding them to the blacklist) I'm pretty sure I put 'firefox' on the list already, or are you just confirming firefox doesn't work? With smplayer, you can't blacklist it because the program name is unknown, but you can change the theme in options->preferences, then Interface, and set the style to something different. Are the names that you mentioned what the ‘progname=’ calls them? (I just want to make sure I have the right name for them before adding them to the blacklist) I’m pretty sure I put ‘firefox’ on the list already, or are you just confirming firefox doesn’t work? With smplayer, you can’t blacklist it because the program name is unknown, but you can change the theme in options->preferences, then Interface, and set the style to something different.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5848 Anonymous Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:36:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5848 You probably don't have gtk2-module-rgba installed, or didn't log out and back in. You probably don’t have gtk2-module-rgba installed, or didn’t log out and back in.

]]> By: elyhttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5846 ely Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:23:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5846 echoing $GTK_MODULES gives me "canberra-gtk-module" running gcalctool in the terminal outputs: Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "gnomenu-panel": libgnomenu-panel.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory echoing $GTK_MODULES gives me “canberra-gtk-module”
running gcalctool in the terminal outputs:
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module “gnomenu-panel”: libgnomenu-panel.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5828 Anonymous Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:17:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5828 Why would anyone want this? :P I dont liek transparent windows, when i'm using a window i dont need to look behind it... And when i want to see all my windows at once i just use the compiz plugin for tiling. Why would anyone want this? :P I dont liek transparent windows, when i’m using a window i dont need to look behind it… And when i want to see all my windows at once i just use the compiz plugin for tiling.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5826 Anonymous Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:08:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5826 Thanks very much :)So far the applications I've had problems with are checkgmail, firefox, swiftfox, gloobus-preview (crashes playing video) and flash (putting "exe" in the list fixes it).Also smplayer runs, but the interface changes to an ugly dark grey colour. Thanks very much :)

So far the applications I’ve had problems with are checkgmail, firefox, swiftfox, gloobus-preview (crashes playing video) and flash (putting “exe” in the list fixes it).

Also smplayer runs, but the interface changes to an ugly dark grey colour.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5824 Anonymous Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:19:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5824 The blur should be in CompizConfig Settings Manager, not gnome-color-chooser. What happens when you run 'echo $GTK_MODULES' in a terminal? If it doesn't have rgba in the result, you probably don't have gtk2-module-rgba installed, or didn't log out and back in. If it has rgba in the result, what does it say when you run 'gcalctool' from the terminal? The blur should be in CompizConfig Settings Manager, not gnome-color-chooser. What happens when you run ‘echo $GTK_MODULES’ in a terminal? If it doesn’t have rgba in the result, you probably don’t have gtk2-module-rgba installed, or didn’t log out and back in. If it has rgba in the result, what does it say when you run ‘gcalctool’ from the terminal?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5823 Anonymous Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:15:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5823 If you edit /etc/profile.d/gtkrgba.sh as root you can adjust what programs don't run with rgba. On the line that starts with export GTK_RGBA_APPS=allbut:firefox: ... add on to the end the name of the programs that you want to run without RGBA, each separated by a colon. Then log out and back in. If there's programs that I need to add to the rgba excluded list, it would be nice to know, so I can add then to the list included with the package. If you edit /etc/profile.d/gtkrgba.sh as root you can adjust what programs don’t run with rgba. On the line that starts with export GTK_RGBA_APPS=allbut:firefox: … add on to the end the name of the programs that you want to run without RGBA, each separated by a colon. Then log out and back in. If there’s programs that I need to add to the rgba excluded list, it would be nice to know, so I can add then to the list included with the package.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5822 Anonymous Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:09:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5822 It seems like in Karmic the ppa's aren't separated, they're all grouped together under ppa.launchpad.net/main. I added the uninstall instructions to the wiki. Thanks. It seems like in Karmic the ppa’s aren’t separated, they’re all grouped together under ppa.launchpad.net/main. I added the uninstall instructions to the wiki.
Thanks.

]]> By: elyhttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5820 ely Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:44:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5820 tried it... the only transparent is the inactive window border, also, all the inactive windows are blurred. i also do not have the blur filter dropdown from gnome color chooser. instead i have a horizontal scroll bar with values 0, 1, 2somebody help, i really want to have the same in screenshots tried it… the only transparent is the inactive window border, also, all the inactive windows are blurred. i also do not have the blur filter dropdown from gnome color chooser. instead i have a horizontal scroll bar with values 0, 1, 2

somebody help, i really want to have the same in screenshots

]]> By: d0odhttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5815 d0od Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:33:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5815 I posted a comparison above. This RGBA spiel doesn't affect GTK widgets whereas compiz transparency affects an entire window - widgets and all.Compare: - Compiz: http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2936/screenshotmpp.png RGBA: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FJH0hYZmVtc/S4GO8W7mwFI/AAAAAAAAF88/dh1AAtZoa_A/s400/Screenshot.png I posted a comparison above. This RGBA spiel doesn’t affect GTK widgets whereas compiz transparency affects an entire window – widgets and all.

Compare: -
Compiz: http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2936/screenshotmpp.png
RGBA: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FJH0hYZmVtc/S4GO8W7mwFI/AAAAAAAAF88/dh1AAtZoa_A/s400/Screenshot.png

]]> By: d0odhttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5814 d0od Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:31:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/02/enable-rgba-window-transparency-in-ubuntu-karmic/#comment-5814 Not at all - although they don't seem to work for some people. (I guess it's because i use Lucid?) Not at all – although they don’t seem to work for some people. (I guess it’s because i use Lucid?)

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