fluxbox menu transparency

kiedis · 03-05-2004, 11:27 AM

I can't set up the menu transparency in my fluxbox
I have added "session.screen0.menuAlpha: 160" to my ~/.fluxbox/init, so in the menu itself I can see "Menu Alpha : 160"
but the menu is still not transparent
is it a bug, or have I done anything wrong ?
fluxbox version: 0.9.8-i486-1jw (it was a .tgz package from _linuxpackages.net)

kiedis · 03-05-2004, 12:40 PM

just tried out the latest cvs build - still no transparency

kiedis · 03-05-2004, 01:01 PM

ok i got it
the problem was bsetbg. if somebody has the same problem, just use fbsetbg instead

Crashed_Again · 03-05-2004, 04:51 PM

So your saying that menu transparency does not work with bsetbg?

kiedis · 03-06-2004, 06:54 AM

it didn't work, right
when i replaced bsetbg with fbsetbg, the menu finally became transparent

slackmagic · 03-08-2004, 01:01 AM

- You must have set the background with an XRender-compatible tool.

You should look into this if you want to get the transparency feature to work in fluxbox:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/...x/fbsetbg.html

If you do not have an XRender-compatible tool your transparency thing will never work.

I had the same problem and basically installed eterm (that also installed Eseroot) which then made transparency work like a charm!

So, once you have a working XRender-compatible tool, you can do either bsetbg or fbsetbg

hope this helps

slackmagic · 03-08-2004, 01:28 AM

i love fluxbox! and just because it rocks so much Im going to post my desktop - hope you all don't mind me "semi-hijacking" this thread.

here an example that it works with bsetbg too

http://66.98.216.15/temp/screenies/d...timized-01.jpg
[1600x1280 res, 310KB]

Chu · 03-08-2004, 05:08 AM

I want desktop transparency :P
That would own!
I have a pretty boring Flux desktop, retiredSoldier your desktop is NIIICE

slackmagic · 03-08-2004, 11:55 AM

thank you very much. I've played around with the configs and I'm quite satisfied with the outcome.

When I find time, I might just put up my theme on freshmeat.org or some place else and I'll shoot you an email with the configs too if you want.

and again..i love fluxbox :P

Chu · 03-08-2004, 03:04 PM

That would be awesome, if you could

And yes, Fluxbox is sweet.

linuxfond · 06-04-2004, 02:29 PM

Fluxbox is cool. Really. Thanks everybody for contributing ito this post.