Metacity no round corners!

debu_sagii · #1 29th August 2007, 06:04 AM

Hi,

My problem being the round corners in a Metacity city theme, I cannot get it right. What could be the problem!

Thanks in advance!

#2 29th August 2007, 06:13 AM

You haven't given any details of what you've been doing. I usually alter the part of the xml file of a Metaity theme with square corners in this section:


<frame_geometry name="normal_geometry" rounded_top_left="true" rounded_top_right="true" rounded_bottom_left="true" rounded_bottom_right="true">

Wayne

debu_sagii · #3 29th August 2007, 06:28 AM

Hi,

I was just applying themes, then I noticed that none of my themes display round corners! The themes which come with Fedora 7 (x86_64) like clearlooks, glossy, bluecurve are not displaying round corners!

Thanks for your reply!

debu_sagii · #4 29th August 2007, 06:29 AM

I wanna ask another thing too, is it possible to have shadows in the GTK 2.0 themes?? If it is how to do so?? Thanks in advance again!

NoSkill · #5 29th August 2007, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by debu_sagii

My problem being the round corners in a Metacity city theme, I cannot get it right. What could be the problem!

What graphics card are you using?

Because looking at that screen pic you posted suggests to me that the corners (top left and top right) are rounded but you don't have any transparency and so you still see the "squared" edge as well.

debu_sagii · #6 29th August 2007, 07:17 AM

Hi,

I am using nVidia 6100 on-board graphics card, okay how to set the transparency then??

Thanks!

NoSkill · #7 29th August 2007, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by debu_sagii

I am using nVidia 6100 on-board graphics card, okay how to set the transparency then??

It should be a function of that Gfx card (nVidia 6100) anyway, but if your display driver is not set to the correct card (e.g: it's using a generic display driver like vesa, or vga instead) then you won't get transparency.

Perhaps you could post the contents of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file - there might be something wrong with it's settings.

I'm not sure how you set transparency in KDE. I'm using Gnome at the moment - but I'll be able to switch desktops a little later and have a look if we need to.

[edit: Flip KDE and Gnome around in the previous sentence

I'm having (another) one of them days

]

NoSkill · #8 29th August 2007, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by debu_sagii

okay how to set the transparency then??

It doesn't look like you can change the transparency (on/off) for the window title bars in Gnome. Well, I can't see a setting in a configuration panel.

Reisswolf · #9 29th August 2007, 08:23 AM

When I first installed Fedora 7 x86_64, I found the same thing with my Metacity windows. But after I ran "yum update" the problem resolved itself.

There must have been some incompatibility between my video card (Intel 82865G) and the kernel that is shipped with the distribution. Try updating your system; that might get rid of the problem.

debu_sagii · #10 29th August 2007, 10:04 AM

Okay I wud try updating!

debu_sagii · #11 29th August 2007, 05:15 PM

Updated my Fedora but still no use, what sud I do now??

NoSkill · #12 29th August 2007, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by debu_sagii

Updated my Fedora but still no use, what sud I do now??

In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, do you have the following entry?

Code:

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

debu_sagii · #13 29th August 2007, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoSkill

In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, do you have the following entry?

Code:

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Okay the file was missing that part, so I added the "Extensions" section but still no use! But it solved my metacity problem posted a while ago. Thanks for that, still searching to make the round corners work!

Regards!

NoSkill · #14 29th August 2007, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by debu_sagii

still searching to make the round corners work!

Glad it worked for you

Now, continuing on...

Does the following sections in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file contain the following lines?

Code:

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nvidia"
...
	Option	    "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
...
EndSection

and

Code:

Section "Module"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "extmod"
EndSection

(You will probably have to logout and login again for the settings to have any affect.)

debu_sagii · #15 29th August 2007, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoSkill

Glad it worked for you

Now, continuing on...

Does the following sections in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file contain the following lines?

Code:

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nvidia"
...
	Option	    "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
...
EndSection

and

Code:

Section "Module"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "extmod"
EndSection

(You will probably have to logout and login again for the settings to have any affect.)

EUREKA PROBLEM SOLVED! THANKS A LOT!

Besides one last word can you tell me where to install compiz-fusion from?