[compiz] OSD Mystery

[David Abrahams]

on Thu Aug 30 2007, Colin Guthrie <gmane-AT-colin.guthr.ie> wrote:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> on Thu Aug 30 2007, Diogo Ferreira <diogo-AT-underdev.org> wrote:
>> 
>>>> Maybe this is just a hidden gnome setting.  Does anybody know?
>>> It sure is a gnome thingie, it detects if it's in a composited
>>> environment and draws a transparent and rounded volume OSD, what I can't
>>> tell you is why it's not appearing anymore.
>> 
>> Is there a setting for that somewhere?  In a previous incarnation, I
>> was using the gconf backend for compiz-fusion, but it was corrupting
>> the settings.  My current installation doesn't seem to allow the gconf
>> backend as an option (at least, it doesn't appear in the menu).
>
> It wont be to do with the config backend. 

It would if the compiz config bugs (and there were serious ones;
that's why I'm running 0.6.0-devel now) managed to scramble some gconf
setting.

> It is a 100% gnome thing, so in theory, if you disable compiz you
> should still get /something/ pop up, but it wont look nearly as
> pretty :)
>
> As to the reasons of why it's not showing up, it could be gstreamer
> related but I'm not really sure. It's possibly a quandary for a gnome
> list unless anyone here happens to know a quick answer.

Yeah, I figured.  Their IRC channel was dead quiet ;-)

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