I´m trying to get the transparency options in KDE3.4.1 to work but the
x-server causes my entire machine to lock up when it starts (I may be able
to log in remotely, I haven tried it).
I´m using ~x86 packages on everything so I´m not that surprised about
problems but I wondered if anyone had any workarounds. I´m using kernel
2.6.11-gentoo-r11 , nvidia-kernel 1.0.7664 and KDE 3.4.1
I read on the forum that the older nvidia versions were more successful in
working with transparency but I didn´t really want to downgrade them,
I´ve disabled twinview in case that was the problem.
This is what I´ve added to xorg.conf

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

Andrew Walker wrote:

> <CUT>
> ...
> </CUT>
> Section "Extensions"
> Option "Composite" "Enable"
> Option "RENDER" "Enable"
> EndSection
I use KDE 3.4.1, X.org-6.8.2-r1, and nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r4,
nvidia-glx-1.0.6629-r6 everything works just fine


Try add Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" in Graphics Card Secion
example:
Section "Device"
Identifier "geforce"
Driver "nvidia"
VideoRam 32768
OPTION "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection

Btw, Composite Extension is far from stable, so use it at your own risk.
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Best regards,
Krzysztof Janusz