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[Locked] Black background on XFCE
glue_factory English 5 fabounet [Read]
28 March 2012 à 16:12

glue_factory, Tuesday 27 March 2012 à 10:25


Subscription date : 26 March 2012
Messages : 5
Hi,

I've tried installing Cairo Dock on XFCE and it worked perfectly for 15 minutes (no black background)!

Now however I get the black background all the time. It started when an icon appeared at the top-right of the dock like a broken screen. I tried to click on it to close it, and then the whole desktop refreshed and the dock was now surrounded by a black rectangle. The icon seems to be the icon for the composite manager but enabling/disabling the composite-manage (by clicking Cairo-Dock -> Congfigure) doesn't affect the black background.

What should I do to diagnose this issue?

I'm running on Ubuntu 11.10, Cairo 2.4.0~2, running with OpenGL says '1' so I guess that means yes.

My video card is GA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400 GS]

If I run cairo-dock in a terminal I get:
============================================================================
    Cairo-Dock version: 2.4.0~2
    Compiled date: Oct 11 2011 11:30:19
    Running with OpenGL: 1
============================================================================

warning : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-2.4.0~2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-packages.c:cairo_dock_get_url_data_with_post:327)
an error occured while downloading 'http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/themes/third-party/2.4.0/list.conf' : Server returned nothing (no headers, no data)
warning : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-2.4.0~2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-packages.c:cairo_dock_list_net_packages:655)
empty packages list on http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/themes (check that your connection is alive, or retry later)
warning : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-2.4.0~2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-packages.c:cairo_dock_list_packages:719)
while listing distant packages in 'http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/themes/third-party/2.4.0' : empty packages list on http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/themes
Binding '<Control>F10' failed!
warning : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-2.4.0~2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:cd_keybinder_bind:311)
Couldn't bind <Control>F10
This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
Binding '<Control>F1' failed!
warning : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-2.4.0~2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:cd_keybinder_bind:311)
Couldn't bind <Control>F1
This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
Binding '<Control>F2' failed!
warning : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-2.4.0~2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:cd_keybinder_bind:311)
Couldn't bind <Control>F2
This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
_cd_find_volume_name_from_drive_name: assertion `pDrive != NULL' failed
Binding '<Control>F6' failed!
warning : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-2.4.0~2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:cd_keybinder_bind:311)
Couldn't bind <Control>F6
This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
warning : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-2.4.0~2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-applications-manager.c:cairo_dock_create_surface_from_xpixmap:1175)
No thumbnail available.
Either the WM doesn't support this functionnality, or the window was minimized when the dock has been launched.
Binding '<Control>F12' failed!
warning : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-2.4.0~2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:cd_keybinder_bind:311)
Couldn't bind <Control>F12
This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
warning : (/build/buildd/cairo-dock-2.4.0~2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-applications-manager.c:cairo_dock_create_surface_from_xpixmap:1175)
No thumbnail available.
Either the WM doesn't support this functionnality, or the window was minimized when the dock has been launched.

Guest, Tuesday 27 March 2012 à 10:56

what option did you try to change in the dock ?
composition should be enabled in your window manager config (don't know where it is under xfce)
or use the fake transparency option in the cairodock system config (work not as well)
SQP

glue_factory, Tuesday 27 March 2012 à 11:08


Subscription date : 26 March 2012
Messages : 5
Thanks. I didn't (deliberately) try to change any option in the dock. I just tried to close the icon.

Is there any way to remove any options I have accidentally set and start again from scratch?

matttbe, Tuesday 27 March 2012 à 13:30


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
Messages : 12573
Hello,

Did you enable the Composite Manager applet? (and did you click on it?)

glue_factory, Wednesday 28 March 2012 à 10:07


Subscription date : 26 March 2012
Messages : 5
Thanks everyone. Compositing in my Windows Manager had been turned-off, I guess by whatever happened when I clicked on that Compositing Manager applet icon that appeared.

To re-enable it I started the XFCE Settings Manager (xfce4-settings-manager), clicked Window Managers Tweaks, entered the Compositor tabl and ticked Enable Display Compositing.

Cheers again.

Matt

fabounet, Wednesday 28 March 2012 à 16:12


Subscription date : 30 November 2007
Messages : 17118
well actually the Compositing Manager applet is supposed to turn the composite OFF and ON
did you try just clicking on the applet and see if something happens ?

Installation problems | Problèmes à l'installation

Subjects Author Language Messages Last message
[Locked] Black background on XFCE
glue_factory English 5 fabounet [Read]
28 March 2012 à 16:12


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