Urxvt true transparency troubles (titlebar goes transparent too)

I'm running Openbox/GNOME under XGL/Xcompmgr with ATI's fglrx drivers. I'm trying to enable true transparency for urxvt, but for some reason when I set the transparency in ~/.Xdefaults the entire window (including titlebar) become transparent. Furthermore, the titlebar becomes nearly invisible even though the terminal window is almost opaque.
From what I've seen in screenshots, urxvt is supposed to make only the terminal portion of the window transparent. Has anyone encountered the same problem? Is there a workaround?
Xcompmgr flags:
xcompmgr -c -t-5 -l-5 -r4.2 -o.55
Pertinent ~/.Xdefaults settings:
urxvt*background: rgba:0000/0000/0000/eeee
urxvt*fading: 10
urxvt*shading: 30
urxvt*tintColor: grey
urxvt*depth: 32
urxvt*inheritPixmap: true
Thanks for any advice!
Last edited by thayer.w (2007-09-23 19:03:25)

I've done a lot of searching, both in the Arch forums and out of them, and I can't really find anything related to this. I can find a bunch of posts about enabling transparency, but that's not the issue I'm having.
This issue might be due to the convergence of several issues among xcompmgr, urxvt, and awesome. If there is a thread lurking around somewhere that I missed, I can't find it.

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I hope someone can help. I'm using Firefox 31.0.1
The menu bar at the top of the screen is a white transparent color and everything is working fine but after 50 or 60 seconds it changes to completely transparent, I can still read the words file, edit etc. This is where the scroll wheel on the mouse and anything I am typing stops working. Now all I have to do is click somewhere in the window and it works again but only for 50-60 seconds. I have had to click the screen twice since I started typing this because when I look at the screen, everything I have typed is not there because the menu bar went transparent again while I was typing. Its driving me nuts.
I don't remember this being a problem before today, if it was I would surely have noticed. Have I pressed something or clicked on something by accident??
I'm considering throwing the lot out the window, its really annoying, please help lads and ladies.

Hello,
According to your user agent, you are on Firefox 32. If you planned to use Firefox 31 ESR, you can grab a copy here:
* https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/
Out of curiosity, when it turns transparent, is there a "(Not Responding)" appended to the end of the window title? If you don't have the Window title being shown, it might show up if you have window titles shown on your taskbar, or in the task manager (right click on your taskbar and select "Start Task Manager"). If you do see a Not Responding, it could be a slow script on one of the pages you are viewing.
'''Try Firefox Safe Mode''' to see if the problem goes away. [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode|Firefox Safe Mode]] is a troubleshooting mode that turns off some settings, disables most add-ons (extensions and themes).
If Firefox is open, you can restart in Firefox Safe Mode from the Help menu:
*Click the menu button [[Image:New Fx Menu]], click Help [[Image:Help-29]] and select ''Restart with Add-ons Disabled''.
If Firefox is not running, you can start Firefox in Safe Mode as follows:
* On Windows: Hold the '''Shift''' key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
When the Firefox Safe Mode window appears, select "Start in Safe Mode".<br>
[[Image:Safe Mode Fx 15 - Win]]
'''''If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode''''', your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. Please follow the [[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]] article to find the cause.
''To exit Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.''
When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help others with the same problem.

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thanks,
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Our site recently moved from Office 2010 to Office 2013 and there haven't been too many issues as of yet. One of the ones thats being reported is that when you switch from one tab to Excel using Alt+Tab nothing appears. But when you hold
the cursor over the page you see that + sign as if your in excel.
The particular spreadsheet where this happens most frequently has no formulas and almost no formatting apart from a colour code. Its a list of external links to websites used by their department. For example New Stories, online resources, thats
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Hi
To solve the issue more efficiently, I would like to confirm what it exactly means :"hold the cursor over the page you see that + sign as if your in excel". You mean switch between windows diaplayed when clicking Alt+Tab?
Copy the contents to a new workbook to check if the problem still exists.
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Regards
Tylor Wang
TechNet Community Support

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I have a line graph on which a gradient arc has been built in the lower left corner. This was in a Freehand file (created by a coworker) I've imported into Illustrator CS2 and am updating.
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I'm afraid opacity effects everything inside the container.
As a workaround, apply a semi-transparent PNG background-image to your container. This will give the 'see through' effect without degrading opacity on text & images.
See example:
http://alt-web.com/Sample.html
Nancy O.
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