[Konsole-devel] [Bug 162333] No transparency if no compositing manager was present at starup

[Robert Knight]

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------- Additional Comments From robertknight gmail com  2008-05-19 23:21 -------
Unfortunately I don't think I can fix this because Konsole has to use different X11 properties depending on whether a compositing manager is available or not and these have to be chosen before any windows are created.

If Konsole tries to use the "compositing available" settings when there isn't a compositing manager then various unpleasant visual glitches appear such as garbage behind menus when opening them - you can see some of these if compositing is turned off while Konsole is running.  If Konsole does the reverse then it cannot use compositing at all.

Ultimately the only reason I can think of to turn compositing on or off frequently is problems with certain OpenGL applications - I'm fairly sure that a fix for that is in the pipeline lower down the graphics stack.