Eterm transparency and gDesklets problems.

Oholiab · 05-10-2005, 09:33 AM

I seem to be able to get neither Eterm's transparency (or viewport mode or background image function) to work, nor gDesklets to install any desklets... gDesklets constantly tells me I'musing the wrong file type even though those files are from the gDesklets site.

As you can guess, for someone who wants a nice eyecandy desktop, this is rather frustrating. And don't even get me started on Aterm... I installed that and it just disappeared into the night. I can do man aterm but the program itself is nowhere to be found (e.g. with slocate after updatedb)

In terms of the Eterm problem, I've tried Esetroot as was suggested to me before, but it makes no difference.

Hammett · 05-10-2005, 09:39 AM

are u using kde? gnome? other??
Did you compile eterm with transparency support?
About gdesklets, I have no clue.
You might want to try aterm instead of eterm and see if you can get transparency.

Oholiab · 05-10-2005, 10:48 AM

Like I said, aterm didn't want to know...

I didn't know eterm had to be compiled with transparency... I just downloaded the tarball and did ./configure, make and make install.

windowsrefugeeX · 05-10-2005, 01:11 PM

try man Eterm, i got eterm w/ transparency

Oholiab · 05-10-2005, 01:38 PM

When I can't get something to work that's the first thing I do... so no, it didn't help.

I tried compiling it rather than using the slack package version, and passed the ./configure command the transparency enabling option, but it all failed on make install...

Ideally I'd like to use the slack package version, but I don't know how to pass tgz files any options (if that is at all possible.)

windowsrefugeeX · 05-10-2005, 11:47 PM

ok cool cool cool, so what does your ./configure say? where does it fail? is it dependecies? perhaps a missing library?

scuzzman · 05-11-2005, 03:07 AM

Are you specifying transparency on the command to launch eterm?
What command-line flags are you using?

Oholiab · 05-11-2005, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by scuzzman
Are you specifying transparency on the command to launch eterm?
What command-line flags are you using?

Yes...
Eterm -O

And I've tried many others... trust me , this is NOT the problem!

here's the make output... I feel that this is where the problem lies (heck, its shouting about it enough!)

Code:

root@gerard:/home/matt/downloads/Eterm-0.9.3$ make
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/matt/downloads/Eterm-0.9.3'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/matt/downloads/Eterm-0.9.3/src'
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c actions.c
rm -f .libs/actions.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c actions.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/actions.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c actions.c -o actions.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/actions.lo actions.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c buttons.c
rm -f .libs/buttons.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c buttons.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/buttons.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c buttons.c -o buttons.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/buttons.lo buttons.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c command.c
rm -f .libs/command.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c command.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/command.lo
command.c: In function `init_command':
command.c:3005: warning: use of cast expressions as lvalues is deprecated
command.c:3007: warning: use of cast expressions as lvalues is deprecated
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c command.c -o command.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/command.lo command.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c draw.c
rm -f .libs/draw.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c draw.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/draw.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c draw.c -o draw.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/draw.lo draw.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c e.c
rm -f .libs/e.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c e.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/e.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c e.c -o e.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/e.lo e.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c events.c
rm -f .libs/events.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c events.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/events.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c events.c -o events.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/events.lo events.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c font.c
rm -f .libs/font.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c font.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/font.lo
font.c: In function `parse_font_fx':
font.c:739: warning: passing arg 1 of `spiftool_num_words' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
font.c:747: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_get_word' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
font.c:756: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_get_word' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
font.c:758: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_get_word' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
font.c:759: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_get_pword' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
font.c:773: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_get_word' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
font.c:778: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_get_word' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
font.c:786: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_get_word' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
font.c:791: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_get_word' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
font.c:802: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_get_word' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
font.c:803: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_get_pword' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
font.c:805: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_get_word' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
font.c:806: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_get_pword' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c font.c -o font.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/font.lo font.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c grkelot.c
rm -f .libs/grkelot.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c grkelot.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/grkelot.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c grkelot.c -o grkelot.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/grkelot.lo grkelot.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c menus.c
rm -f .libs/menus.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c menus.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/menus.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c menus.c -o menus.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/menus.lo menus.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c misc.c
rm -f .libs/misc.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c misc.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/misc.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c misc.c -o misc.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/misc.lo misc.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c netdisp.c
rm -f .libs/netdisp.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c netdisp.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/netdisp.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c netdisp.c -o netdisp.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/netdisp.lo netdisp.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c options.c
rm -f .libs/options.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c options.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/options.lo
options.c: In function `init_defaults':
options.c:2537: warning: passing arg 2 of `spifconf_register_context' from incompatible pointer type
options.c:2538: warning: passing arg 2 of `spifconf_register_context' from incompatible pointer type
options.c:2539: warning: passing arg 2 of `spifconf_register_context' from incompatible pointer type
options.c:2540: warning: passing arg 2 of `spifconf_register_context' from incompatible pointer type
options.c:2541: warning: passing arg 2 of `spifconf_register_context' from incompatible pointer type
options.c:2542: warning: passing arg 2 of `spifconf_register_context' from incompatible pointer type
options.c:2543: warning: passing arg 2 of `spifconf_register_context' from incompatible pointer type
options.c:2544: warning: passing arg 2 of `spifconf_register_context' from incompatible pointer type
options.c:2545: warning: passing arg 2 of `spifconf_register_context' from incompatible pointer type
options.c:2546: warning: passing arg 2 of `spifconf_register_context' from incompatible pointer type
options.c:2547: warning: passing arg 2 of `spifconf_register_context' from incompatible pointer type
options.c:2548: warning: passing arg 2 of `spifconf_register_context' from incompatible pointer type
options.c:2549: warning: passing arg 2 of `spifconf_register_context' from incompatible pointer type
options.c:2550: warning: passing arg 2 of `spifconf_register_context' from incompatible pointer type
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c options.c -o options.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/options.lo options.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c pixmap.c
rm -f .libs/pixmap.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c pixmap.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/pixmap.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c pixmap.c -o pixmap.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/pixmap.lo pixmap.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c screen.c
rm -f .libs/screen.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c screen.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/screen.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c screen.c -o screen.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/screen.lo screen.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c script.c
rm -f .libs/script.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c script.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/script.lo
script.c: In function `script_handler_exit':
script.c:217: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_join' from incompatible pointer type
script.c: In function `script_handler_spawn':
script.c:414: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_join' from incompatible pointer type
script.c: In function `script_handler_exec_dialog':
script.c:451: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_join' from incompatible pointer type
script.c: In function `script_handler_msgbox':
script.c:477: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_join' from incompatible pointer type
script.c: In function `script_handler_es_statement':
script.c:679: warning: passing arg 2 of `spiftool_join' from incompatible pointer type
script.c: In function `script_parse':
script.c:742: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
script.c:781: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c script.c -o script.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/script.lo script.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c scrollbar.c
rm -f .libs/scrollbar.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c scrollbar.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/scrollbar.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c scrollbar.c -o scrollbar.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/scrollbar.lo scrollbar.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c startup.c
rm -f .libs/startup.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c startup.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/startup.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c startup.c -o startup.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/startup.lo startup.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c system.c
rm -f .libs/system.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c system.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/system.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c system.c -o system.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/system.lo system.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c term.c
rm -f .libs/term.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c term.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/term.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c term.c -o term.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/term.lo term.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c timer.c
rm -f .libs/timer.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c timer.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/timer.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c timer.c -o timer.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/timer.lo timer.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c utmp.c
rm -f .libs/utmp.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c utmp.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/utmp.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c utmp.c -o utmp.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/utmp.lo utmp.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c windows.c
rm -f .libs/windows.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c windows.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/windows.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c windows.c -o windows.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/windows.lo windows.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c defaultfont.c
rm -f .libs/defaultfont.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c defaultfont.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/defaultfont.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c defaultfont.c -o defaultfont.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/defaultfont.lo defaultfont.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -I/usr/local/include   -g -O2 -c libscream.c
rm -f .libs/libscream.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c libscream.c   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/libscream.lo
libscream.c:1411:2: warning: #warning compiling in libscream
libscream.c:1416:2: warning: #warning compiling in support for GNU screen
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/include -g -O2 -c libscream.c -o libscream.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/libscream.lo libscream.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc  -g -O2 -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/X11/lib  -o libEterm.la -rpath /usr/local/lib -release 0.9.3 actions.lo buttons.lo command.lo draw.lo e.lo events.lo font.lo grkelot.lo menus.lo misc.lo netdisp.lo options.lo pixmap.lo screen.lo script.lo scrollbar.lo startup.lo system.lo term.lo timer.lo utmp.lo windows.lo defaultfont.lo libscream.lo mmx_cmod.lo -ldl -lfreetype -lX11  -lSM -lICE -lpcre -ldl -lm    -lSM -lICE -lXmu -lutempter -last -lXext -lX11 -lutil -lm
rm -fr .libs/libEterm.la .libs/libEterm.* .libs/libEterm-0.9.3.*
gcc -shared  actions.lo buttons.lo command.lo draw.lo e.lo events.lo font.lo grkelot.lo menus.lo misc.lo netdisp.lo options.lo pixmap.lo screen.lo script.lo scrollbar.lo startup.lo system.lo term.lo timer.lo utmp.lo windows.lo defaultfont.lo libscream.lo mmx_cmod.lo  -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib  -L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/X11/lib /usr/lib/libfreetype.so /usr/lib/libpcre.so -ldl -lSM -lICE -lXmu -lutempter /usr/local/lib/libast.so -lXext -lX11 -lutil -lm  -Wl,-soname -Wl,libEterm-0.9.3.so -o .libs/libEterm-0.9.3.so
(cd .libs && rm -f libEterm.so && ln -s libEterm-0.9.3.so libEterm.so)
ar cru .libs/libEterm.a  actions.o buttons.o command.o draw.o e.o events.o font.o grkelot.o menus.o misc.o netdisp.o options.o pixmap.o screen.o script.o scrollbar.o startup.o system.o term.o timer.o utmp.o windows.o defaultfont.o libscream.o mmx_cmod.o
ranlib .libs/libEterm.a
creating libEterm.la
(cd .libs && rm -f libEterm.la && ln -s ../libEterm.la libEterm.la)
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc  -g -O2 -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/X11/lib  -o Eterm -rpath /usr/local/lib:/usr/local/lib/Eterm main.o libEterm.la  -ldl -lfreetype -lX11  -lSM -lICE -lpcre -ldl -lm  -lSM -lICE -lXmu -lutempter -last -lXext -lX11 -lutil -lm
gcc -g -O2 -o .libs/Eterm main.o  -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/X11/lib ./.libs/libEterm.so -lXmu -lutempter /usr/local/lib/libast.so /usr/lib/libfreetype.so -lz -lSM -lICE /usr/lib/libpcre.so -ldl -lXext -lX11 -lutil -lm -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/lib/Eterm
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `imlib_free_pixmap_and_mask'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [Eterm] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/matt/downloads/Eterm-0.9.3/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/matt/downloads/Eterm-0.9.3'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

comprookie2000 · 05-11-2005, 06:28 PM

Open up eterm and go to background and toggle transparency , what happens.Make sure you set your background with Esetroot . what are you using kde,gnome,fluxbox?

Oholiab · 05-13-2005, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Oholiab
In terms of the Eterm problem, I've tried Esetroot as was suggested to me before, but it makes no difference.

I just get the same normal Eterm window with no error messages. I use fluxbox and Gnome

PhilD · 05-13-2005, 12:40 PM

If you installed aterm and think it should be hiding somewhere use the following as root:

Code:

find / -name aterm -print

That should search your entire drive for aterm. If it is hiding you will find it! I like aterm so much better than eterm anyway!

As for gdesklets... I have had issues with them as well. I am now using adesklets. It seems to be a little less memory hungry and runs a little more stable. However, it requires text config files for the desklets and the selection is limited. It might be worth looking at for you though.

Best of luck!

PhilD

detpenguin · 05-13-2005, 03:16 PM

for eterm transparency...read this

DJOtaku · 05-15-2005, 06:24 PM

for me

Eterm -x --trans --scrollbar=0 --buttonbar=0

I will have a tutorial on it on my blog tomorrow
http://server.ericsbinaryworld.com/blog/