Hello. Im running Linux Mint Debian Edition. I have also installed Cairo Dock.

At first there was a black box for a background, but when I turned on the gnome composting, I got the transparent background that I wanted. I turned on the gnome composting by going to control center/desktop settings/Windows/Use Gnome Composting.

It was fine for about a day.

Then all of a sudden I am back to the black box. I checked the gnome composting check-box and it is still checked. I don't know what else to try.

Perhaps I need to install my graphics driver for my graphics card and use Compiz. I would rather not bother jumping through those hoops if I can help it. Bottom Line -- Gnome Composting is Broken!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

What happens if you uncheck the compositing option and then check it again?

Adam

Well, I tried clicking and un-clicking the box and applying and nothing happens.

But....

I rebooted and then went to the check-box again and bingo, it works now.

Thanks for the help.