He runs xfree-4.3 and so does not have composite at all. I also checked for extmod and he doesnt have it enabled. I will try it though, but I cant see how it will help in this case.
Thanks Simon > Maybe I am wrong (I can't actually stand terminal transparency...sure it > looks cool, but I need to get work done!), but I think this is what the > COMPOSITE extension for X was supposed to do...allow high-performance > alpha blending among other things. > > You might check out (via xdpyinfo) whether his X is built/configured for > composite support or not..and compare to yours. > > -Richard > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
