Summary: | x11-terms/root-tail-1.2-r2 doesn't work with window managers that manage the root window | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Yarda <zbox> |
Component: | Current packages | Assignee: | No maintainer - Look at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers if you want to take care of it <maintainer-needed> |
Status: | RESOLVED UPSTREAM | ||
Severity: | enhancement | CC: | jer, ka0ttic |
Priority: | High | Keywords: | PATCH |
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Other | ||
Whiteboard: | |||
Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
Attachments: | root-tail patch |
Description
Yarda
2006-12-03 06:15:36 UTC
Created attachment 103270 [details, diff]
root-tail patch
So I am using the included patch (code taken from Conky). I have tested it for one week on my production environment (X86, AMD64 both with Gnome, Fluxbox) and it seems to work OK. The code tries to acquire the window that overlaps the root window (if any) and draws to it. It is quick hack solution, so any improvements, ideas and comments are welcome. It would be good to add code that allows periodical reacquire and refresh of the window. This patch works good when not moving the desktop icons over the root-tail text and it is also good idea to disable dynamic drive icons through gconf-editor:
/apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible:false
There are plenty of progs (in x11-misc) drawing to root window which doesn't work in xfce, gnome, likely kde cause root window is taken by desktops.. I don't think they should be removed just because of that, works fine in *boxes etc. -1 I agree with Samuli. I have been using root-tail for long time with various desktops on all of my computers. And also I have been running the patched version without any problems on Gnome with Compiz for approx. one year. keep++ Eh, noone even called for voting on removal here... :o) Was just trying to get someone to review/commit the patch. My desktop lacks bling so I'd prefer someone who uses Compiz/Beryl/whatever adding it. Seems none of us treecleaners use AIGLX/Compiz/etc., and this isn't here to get removed.. remove us from CC. The 1.2-r2 ebuild as it stands in portage works fine for me in Xfce (with transparency enabled) as long as I enable the 'kde' USE flag. Has anyone tried just doing this with gnome, etc? |