Fluxbox/Aterm/Transparency

[patman]

Folks -

Running fluxbox 0.1.14-r1 and aterm 0.4.2-r4. I have transparency enabled for both, and it works fine, except for one minor issue.

I have two aterms launched when fluxbox starts. When the window manager appears, both aterms have black backgrounds. If I move them, they become transparent, as they should. But when they start up, they're solid.

Relevant section of .xinitirc:

[rojaro]

what tool do you use to set the background image? i use Esetroot (eterm ebuild) and it works perfectly ...
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[S_aIN_t]

i have had the same problem. i think it because the aterm starts before flux draws the background.. so perhaps giving a pause in the file between starting flux and startign the aterm would solve the issue.
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[kniteshade]

I have a similar problem - i have a script which loads all my aterms in the right positions - and i actually run i after flux and everything has loaded - excpet competely randomly - either one, both, or neither will have transparency done properly. Now that i use borderless aterms someties they dont even go borderless.

Its very weird.. usually i just clos ethem and rerun the script and they start up okay
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