xorg transparency and firefox

rokaef · Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:26 pm Post subject: xorg transparency and firefox

hi,
i use xfce4.2 and have the xorg-transparency enabled. everything works fine, except my firefox (i use the binary). when i switch through my virtual desktops and return to firefox, scrolling is really stupid. it looks like this: click
but that's not funny. i merged mozilla-bin to test and there the problem was not. has it somthing to do with using the binary? has someone else this problem? i really like these effects but don't like to use a different browser..
hope you can help, rokaef.
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transient · l33t Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 759

Im curious, what happens if, once you get this problem, you either reload the tab, or close it and use another tab. Does this occur on the other tabs as well, and on tabs that you havnt opened yet?

wiremore · n00b Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 11 Location: Here

did you enable hardware acceleration?

if you have an nvidia card, add

rokaef · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:53 am Post subject:

transient · l33t Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 759

I think its just firefox and compositing not working well together.
Firefox is one of the many apps that doesnt work well with compositing yet, as it makes certain assumptions about the screen it draws onto, which it really shouldnt make.

rokaef · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:

that's bad. i like firefox because of mouse gestures and adblock.. does galeon or epiphany have such extensions?
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transient · l33t Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 759

No.
In any case, I dont think that shifting to one of them will make a difference. They all use the Gecko rendering engine, so they will all suffer from the same problem.

rokaef · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:50 am Post subject:

but in mozilla the problem was not..and the other browser use mozilla as a base..
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transient · l33t Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 759

You could try compiling firefox yourself.
I cant make any guarantees it will fix the problem, but it may be worth trying

Gentoonie · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:12 pm Post subject:

i get the same error from time to time. It happens when i scroll upwards, then the output is totally fucked up. I compiled firefox from source though...
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COiN3D · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:19 pm Post subject:

You can try Konqueror. It's the browser of the K desktop environment. Has some nice features although and I didn't notice the same problem like in firefox. Btw, to get the latest version and ONLY konqueror, unmask the needed kde-packages in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask

Have fun :twisted:

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rokaef · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject:

i compiled it, but still the same..

COiN3D · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:43 pm Post subject:

rokaef · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 7:55 am Post subject:

i started with kde when i first used linux. but most of my apps where gtk-based, so i tried out gnome. and the only reason i kept qt and stuff was because of k3b. but now i use graveman or terminal...so, no reason to install them

and kazehakase is really nice!!
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COiN3D · Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:51 pm Post subject:

By the way, there is Skipstone (http://www.muhri.net/skipstone), too. It's a quite small and fast browser, but also based on gecko enginge (needs mozilla installed)
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rokaef · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:40 pm Post subject:

cool, this one is really nice, too. thx.
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