Difference between revisions of "Using Compton for a tear-free experience in Xfce"
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People who are experiencing screen tearing in Xfce can try out the following method. | People who are experiencing screen tearing in Xfce can try out the following method. | ||
= Installing | Compton has been replaced by Picom | ||
= Installing picom = <!--T:2--> | |||
Picom - is an X compositor which supports xrender and glx (opengl) backends. | |||
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To install it from the command line: | To install it from the command line: | ||
{{UserCmd|command=sudo pacman -S picom}} | |||
= Configuring compton = <!--T:4--> | = Configuring compton = <!--T:4--> | ||
Picom is configured by editing ''~/.config/picom/picom.conf''. | |||
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The following are some commonly used options: | The following are some commonly used options: | ||
{{File|file=~/.config/picom/picom.conf|content= | |||
<pre> | |||
backend = "glx"; | |||
glx-no-stencil = true; | |||
vsync = true; | |||
unredir-if-possible = true; | |||
# Shadow | |||
shadow = true; # Enabled client-side shadows on windows. | |||
shadow-radius = 7; # The blur radius for shadows. (default 12) | |||
shadow-offset-x = -7; # The left offset for shadows. (default -15) | |||
shadow-offset-y = -7; # The top offset for shadows. (default -15) | |||
shadow-exclude = [ | |||
"n:e:Notification", | "n:e:Notification", | ||
"n:e:Docky", | "n:e:Docky", | ||
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"class_g ?= 'Notify-osd'", | "class_g ?= 'Notify-osd'", | ||
"_GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS@:c" | "_GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS@:c" | ||
]; | |||
# Opacity | |||
detect-client-opacity = true; | |||
# Window type settings | |||
wintypes: | |||
{ | |||
dock = { shadow = false; }; | dock = { shadow = false; }; | ||
dnd = { shadow = false; }; | dnd = { shadow = false; }; | ||
tooltip = { shadow = false; }; | tooltip = { shadow = false; }; | ||
}; | }; | ||
</pre> | |||
}} | |||
= Disabling xfwm4 compositor and enabling | = Disabling xfwm4 compositor and enabling picom = <!--T:6--> | ||
The following command can be used to turn off xfwm4's compositing feature: | The following command can be used to turn off xfwm4's compositing feature: | ||
{{UserCmd|command=xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/use_compositing -s false}} | |||
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Create a new file ''~/.config/autostart/picom.desktop'' with content | |||
{{File|file=~/.config/autostart/picom.desktop|content= | |||
<pre> | |||
[Desktop Entry] | [Desktop Entry] | ||
Encoding=UTF-8 | Encoding=UTF-8 | ||
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Terminal=false | Terminal=false | ||
Hidden=false | Hidden=false | ||
</pre> | |||
}} | |||
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Now one could logout and login again to see if | Now one could logout and login again to see if picom has been activated. | ||
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To check if compton is working following command can be used: | To check if compton is working following command can be used: | ||
{{UserCmd|command=pgrep -l picom}} | |||
= Links = <!--T:10--> | = Links = <!--T:10--> | ||
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* https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Picom | |||
* https://github.com/yshui/picom | |||
*https://wiki.archlinux.org/ | |||
*https://github.com/ | |||
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Revision as of 10:02, 9 December 2022
People who are experiencing screen tearing in Xfce can try out the following method.
Compton has been replaced by Picom
Installing picom
Picom - is an X compositor which supports xrender and glx (opengl) backends.
To install it from the command line:
user $ sudo pacman -S picom
Configuring compton
Picom is configured by editing ~/.config/picom/picom.conf.
The following are some commonly used options:
~/.config/picom/picom.conf
backend = "glx";
glx-no-stencil = true;
vsync = true;
unredir-if-possible = true;
# Shadow
shadow = true; # Enabled client-side shadows on windows.
shadow-radius = 7; # The blur radius for shadows. (default 12)
shadow-offset-x = -7; # The left offset for shadows. (default -15)
shadow-offset-y = -7; # The top offset for shadows. (default -15)
shadow-exclude = [
"n:e:Notification",
"n:e:Docky",
"g:e:Synapse",
"g:e:Conky",
"n:w:*Firefox*",
"n:w:*Chromium*",
"n:w:*dockbarx*",
"class_g ?= 'Cairo-dock'",
"class_g ?= 'Xfce4-notifyd'",
"class_g ?= 'Xfce4-power-manager'",
"class_g ?= 'Notify-osd'",
"_GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS@:c"
];
# Opacity
detect-client-opacity = true;
# Window type settings
wintypes:
{
dock = { shadow = false; };
dnd = { shadow = false; };
tooltip = { shadow = false; };
};
Disabling xfwm4 compositor and enabling picom
The following command can be used to turn off xfwm4's compositing feature:
user $ xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/use_compositing -s false
Create a new file ~/.config/autostart/picom.desktop with content
~/.config/autostart/picom.desktop
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Version=0.9.4 Type=Application Name=Compton Comment=X11 compositor Exec=compton -b OnlyShowIn=XFCE; StartupNotify=false Terminal=false Hidden=false
Now one could logout and login again to see if picom has been activated.
To check if compton is working following command can be used:
user $ pgrep -l picom