[SOLVED] Compton + BSPWM issue.

Hey, so I'm pretty new to the whole Arch linux thing and so far have been super happy with everything. I spent my weekend getting Conky, Bspwm, and Bar set up just the way I want and I have only a few customizations to go before I have my dream desktop.
I've run into a small problem though, I'm trying to get compton up and running. I copied the compton.conf from Windelicato's repo, and installed compton.
Compton will actually fire up just fine the only problem is that it's completely unusable, all my windows and bar blink and flash and I can get a glimmer of what they look like but they are gone. It still responds to my commands so I can open a terminal and kill compton but I can't see myself typing basically at all.
I've checked over everything read the Arch Wiki page and even a HOW TO on using compton on XFCE and Ubuntu. I'm pretty stuck.
Rather than paste a gajillion lines of config files here I just uploaded everything to a github repo located here: https://github.com/ChasingLogic/dotfiles/
Thanks for your time and for your help,
-CL
Last edited by ChasingLogic (2013-11-28 22:22:55)

Yeah, I am pretty sure that earsplit uses compton-git, which has far more features than the non-git compton. So if you aren't using the git package, the config could possibly be trying to apply features that are either in their infancy (in that version) or don't exist at all.
Earsplit (Windelicato) frequents these forums, but you can also find him on freenode as well. In fact he seems to always be in the #bspwm channel. He tends to be very willing to help others with explaining his setup since his shit is so pretty.

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Last edited by Chetyre (2014-04-10 16:51:23)

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