Re: kompmgr

[Benjamin Kudria <benjamin@kudria.tk>]

On Saturday, March 26, 2005 4:57, A.M.P. Boelens wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 03:52:42PM -0500, Benjamin Kudria wrote:
> > Is there a reason kompmgr isn't included in the repository?  I understand
> > that the packages are built with an XFree environment in mind, but if
> > kompmgr is included anyway, XFree users won't experience breakage,
> > they'll just get a 'go and get the latest xorg' message in the
> > translucency settings dialog. But Xorg users (like me) will get the full
> > benefit.  could kompmgr please be included?
> >
> > PS. Please CC me any replies, I'm not subscribed.
>
> I'm using the xorg packages and kwin from ubuntu hoary at the moment and
> translucency works fine.
>
> Arnout

Yes, I've gotten it working now too.  I'm using Ubuntu's Xorg, and I compiled 
kwin's kompmgr from KDE's CVS.  But after trying it, I found it was awfully 
slow, and the shadows didn't fade out; they looked really bad.  So, I renamed 
my xcompmgr, and now my shadows look nice.  That's the only feature I use, my 
graphics card (ATi sucks) is way too slow for transparency.  But thanks for 
replying!

Benjamin