[kde-linux] composit extension not found

[Kevin Krammer]

On Monday 05 December 2005 14:13, Ernie Schroder wrote:
> Anyone?
>
> On Thursday 01 December 2005 11:04 am, a tiny voice compelled Ernie
> Schroder
>
> to write:
> > I've recently updated to KDE-3.4 and when I start KDE, I get this
> > message:
> >
> > Composite extension not found
> > You must use XOrg ≥ 6.8 for translucency and shadows to work.
> > Additionally, you need to add a new section to your X config file:
> > Section "Extensions"
> > Option "Composite" "Enable"
> > EndSection
> >
> > I added the section to xorg.conf and I got all this transparent stuff
> > that slows things down A LOT. I've looked for some way to keep this from
> > loading and so far, I have had no luck. I've commented out the section in
> > my config, but I am still getting these messages. How can I disable
> > composit manager? Does 3.5 solve the slow down of the transparent
> > functions?

Does any thing break if you don't add the extension? IMHO a missing extension 
should just make the features it would enable unavailable, not break anything 
else.

Cheers,
Kevin

-- 
Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer at gmx.at>
Qt/KDE Developer, Debian User
Moderator: www.mrunix.de (German), www.qtforum.org
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