Hi,
as the topic already says: I have a problem with the transparency of my panel.
When I turn on the transparency option, a black background is shown instead of the Desktop Wallpaper. Does anybody have an idea how to solve this? As I am new on LXDE I have no idea where to start the search...
Thanks!
Chris
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LXPanel: Transparency doesn't work correctly
LXPanel: Transparency doesn't work correctly
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Re: LXPanel: Transparency doesn't work correctly
If the entire wallpaper disappears, it is not LXPanel doing that. If you are running PCManFM, it is in charge of drawing the background and needs to be configured to draw the wallpaper that you wanted. We don't know what else is running, since it is Arch you could ask for help there.
Re: LXPanel: Transparency doesn't work correctly
If I understand the original poster correctly the desktop wallpaper does not disappear but the panel turns black instead of becoming transparent and showing the wallpaper. Is that correct, ChriChri?
Regards,
Christoph
Regards,
Christoph
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Re: LXPanel: Transparency doesn't work correctly
If it's just the panel turning black, that's a known behavior of the current code that has been reported many times. It is working properly in the as yet unpublished development baselevel, but will be limited to compositing window managers.
Re: LXPanel: Transparency doesn't work correctly
If it is limited to compositioning window managers, it is a regression to previous releases. Previous releases were faking transparency by showing the wallpaper. True transparency on the other hand means they show what is actually behind the panel, but as long as people don't autohide, there can be nothing behind the panel, so IMHO faked transparency is enough for most cases. In a perfect world the panel recognizes if the driver is able to do true transparency and uses it, if not it falls back to faking. But making true transparency obligatory is a bad decision since it limits the function to a small set of X drivers.
BTW: Can you please make a new release at some point? I have lots of open bugs against lxpanel.
BTW: Can you please make a new release at some point? I have lots of open bugs against lxpanel.
Re: LXPanel: Transparency doesn't work correctly
Hi,
excuse my late response...thanks for your answers anyway!
The wallpaper does not disappear, it's just the panel thing. I tried out on an other computer where the wallpaper is shown behind the transparent panel, so it seems to be a problem on my system...so one question rests: Is it possible to force the panel to fake transparency so that it shows the wallpaper?
Chris
excuse my late response...thanks for your answers anyway!
The wallpaper does not disappear, it's just the panel thing. I tried out on an other computer where the wallpaper is shown behind the transparent panel, so it seems to be a problem on my system...so one question rests: Is it possible to force the panel to fake transparency so that it shows the wallpaper?
Chris
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Re: LXPanel: Transparency doesn't work correctly
+1cwickert wrote:...Can you please make a new release...
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Re: LXPanel: Transparency doesn't work correctly
Uh, it was done. LXPanel 0.5.6 released on 2010-07-20.rockdoctor wrote:+1cwickert wrote:...Can you please make a new release...
Re: LXPanel: Transparency doesn't work correctly
I'm using lxpanel-0.5.6 in both shots, so it's not the panel that's at fault here.