Fluxbox, Openbox... compositing problems

Shark82 · 02-06-2011, 04:03 AM

Hi

I tried Openbox, FluxBox and similar desktops but i couldn't find the way how to enable compositing. When i try xcompmgr that do partial trick but when i drag or minimize windows it is all to slow and it is not smooth. When i try cairo-compmgr all i get is blank screen.

I think that the problem is because of Ubuntu 10.04 which hasn't got x.org file. Any suggestions?

thx

TobiSGD · 02-06-2011, 05:00 AM

If you have no xorg.conf-file you are using the free open-source drivers for your card. It may be that this is your issue. Which video-card are you using, and which distro?

MTK358 · 02-06-2011, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ubuntu Shark

I tried Openbox, FluxBox and similar desktops but i couldn't find the way how to enable compositing.

Openbox and Fluxbox are NOT compositing window managers.

TobiSGD · 02-06-2011, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTK358

Openbox and Fluxbox are NOT compositing window managers.

That is why he tries it with xcompmgr. Worked fine for me at the time I used Openbox.

linus72 · 02-06-2011, 08:48 AM

see here
http://urukrama.wordpress.com/openbox-guide/#xcompmgr

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1545855

Shark82 · 02-06-2011, 09:53 AM

hi

I have Ubuntu 10.04 and i have Intel GMA 4500M graphic card.

As i said earlier my biggest problem is slow drag of windows (the move is not fluid).

@Linus72
I have tried that before but i wasn't satisfied. The drag was too slow. I have 2gb of ram, duo core so the problem is not in my computer.

icqraid · 02-07-2011, 11:28 PM

I have fluxbox and have the xcompmgr.
Where did you place the xcompmgr to execute and what parameters -d -m etc did you give it.

Also please tell us if the intel card is loaded as the module in lsmod

Shark82 · 02-08-2011, 12:39 AM

I did xcompmgr -cfF -t-9 -l-11 -r9 -o.95 -D6 &

lsmod is:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
nls_iso8859_1           3249  0 
nls_cp437               4919  0 
vfat                    8933  0 
fat                    47767  1 vfat
usb_storage            39553  0 
xt_limit                1382  8 
xt_tcpudp               2011  10 
ipt_LOG                 4542  8 
ipt_MASQUERADE          1407  0 
xt_DSCP                 1677  0 
ipt_REJECT              1928  1 
nf_conntrack_irc        3332  0 
nf_conntrack_ftp        5381  0 
xt_state                1098  6 
binfmt_misc             6587  1 
ppdev                   5259  0 
vboxnetadp              6326  0 
vboxnetflt             15280  0 
vboxdrv               190626  2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
dm_crypt               11331  0 
snd_hda_codec_via      27111  1 
snd_hda_intel          22037  6 
snd_hda_codec          74201  2 snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               5412  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            35308  0 
snd_mixer_oss          13746  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                70694  5 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
iptable_nat             4414  0 
nf_nat                 15735  2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4      10672  9 iptable_nat,nf_nat
snd_seq_dummy           1338  0 
snd_seq_oss            26722  0 
nf_conntrack           61615  7 ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_conntrack_ftp,xt_state,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
arc4                    1153  2 
nf_defrag_ipv4          1073  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
snd_seq_midi            4557  0 
iptable_mangle          2771  0 
snd_rawmidi            19056  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6003  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
iptable_filter          2271  1 
snd_seq                47263  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ip_tables               9991  3 iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
snd_timer              19098  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
ath9k                 306138  0 
x_tables               14299  9 xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,ipt_LOG,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_DSCP,ipt_REJECT,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables
snd_seq_device          5700  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
mac80211              205402  1 ath9k
ath                     7611  1 ath9k
snd                    54180  21 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               6620  1 snd
cfg80211              126528  3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
snd_page_alloc          7076  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
uvcvideo               57310  0 
asus_laptop            17008  0 
videodev               34361  1 uvcvideo
led_class               2864  2 ath9k,asus_laptop
v4l1_compat            13251  2 uvcvideo,videodev
serio_raw               3978  0 
lp                      7028  0 
parport                32635  2 ppdev,lp
dm_raid45              81647  0 
xor                    15028  1 dm_raid45
fbcon                  35102  72 
tileblit                2031  1 fbcon
font                    7557  1 fbcon
bitblit                 4707  1 fbcon
softcursor              1189  1 bitblit
vga16fb                11385  0 
vgastate                8961  1 vga16fb
usbhid                 36110  0 
i915                  287490  4 
drm_kms_helper         29329  1 i915
hid                    67096  1 usbhid
drm                   162345  5 i915,drm_kms_helper
intel_agp              24375  2 i915
i2c_algo_bit            5028  1 i915
agpgart                31724  2 drm,intel_agp
video                  17375  1 i915
output                  1871  1 video
atl1e                  28018  0 
ahci                   32200  6 
ramzswap                6362  1 
xvmalloc                4074  1 ramzswap
lzo_decompress          2189  1 ramzswap
lzo_compress            1853  1 ramzswap

Shark82 · 02-08-2011, 01:21 AM

I have even enabled cairo-compmgr and all the effects work (the same with xcompmgr) but still, when i move the windows the corners of it, when in move, looks like disassembled. I even downloaded CruncBang 10 and go in Live session. then i enabled cairo-compmgr and the thing was the same. Really weird

TobiSGD · 02-08-2011, 10:34 AM

Crunchbang 10 and Ubuntu 10.04 both have the 2.6.32-kernel. May be this is a driver issue, I would try it with a newer kernel.

Shark82 · 02-08-2011, 12:33 PM

I have tried with 2.6.35.25 kernel. Same results.

icqraid · 02-08-2011, 11:35 PM

Well at least the vid card is loaded as a module, the i915 names show that.
Maybe you just have to play around with the compmgr settings to find something you like.

Did you figure out the issue with xorg? Do you have xorg now?

Shark82 · 02-09-2011, 03:02 AM

Now i don't have. But xorg file doesn't have anyone who have Ubuntu 10.04 or 10.10.

trademark91 · 02-17-2011, 08:15 PM

I had a similar issue with openbox + cairo-compmgr. The issue for me was that the windows became really ugly when i dragged them (particularly the titlebar) i tested each individual option in cairo-compmgr, and it seems to be a bug with the "shadow" option. Try disabling shadow and see if it fixes the problem.

Shark82 · 02-18-2011, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trademark91

I had a similar issue with openbox + cairo-compmgr. The issue for me was that the windows became really ugly when i dragged them (particularly the titlebar) i tested each individual option in cairo-compmgr, and it seems to be a bug with the "shadow" option. Try disabling shadow and see if it fixes the problem.

Hi

For me this doesn't solve the issue. I guess that only compiz and metacity compositing are good for my laptop though my laptop is quite fine in terms of hardware.