Bug 461930

Summary:	x11-terms/guake: enable transparency if compositing manager is started after guake
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Alexander Mezin <mezin.alexander>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Desktop Misc. Team <desktop-misc>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	enhancement	Keywords:	PATCH
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Patch

Description Alexander Mezin 2013-03-16 13:46:23 UTC

Currently Guake checks for compositing only on startup. So, if compositing manager started later, Guake doesn't detect this and runs with "fake transparency".
This is most annoying on Xfce, where Guake always uses "fake transparency" if started automatically on startup. The attached patch fixes the problem. I tried to submit it upstream, however, seems that Guake is not maintained now.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Disable compositing
2. Run Guake
3. Enable compositing

Or just add Guake to autostart in XFCE
Actual Results:  
No transparency

Expected Results:  
Transparency enabled

Comment 1 Alexander Mezin 2013-03-16 13:47:10 UTC

Created attachment 342270 [details, diff]
Patch

Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-06-02 20:19:59 UTC

The URL: is only giving "404 Page Not Found" -> https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/564

And I see activity on upstream git:

https://github.com/Guake/guake

Some from less than month ago, so the project is alive, but this was never reported?

Comment 3 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-06-02 20:22:11 UTC

So, this is an unreported and unreviewed patch that adds a feature, enhancement level bug, I'm inclined to close this as RESOLVED, CANTFIX, waiting for the reporter to send this upstream at:

https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues

Please reopen once it's reported.