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Why is GNOME Do sometimes completely transparent?

Asked by Delta

After messing around in the Sessions configuration prompt, my Gnome-do does not have the deep blueish purple background when I use it after logging in. The purple border is completely gone, making using Gnome-do on top of white backgrounds nearly impossible. Ending the process after logging in and restarting Gnome-do fixes this problem, but changing the order to in the Sessions prompt (even starting it up last) seems to have no effect on it. Any ideas?

~Derek

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David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

This has been mentioned in a few bug reports. I think it arises when GNOME Do starts in a funny way, like before Compiz starts or something.

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Delta (derek-huang) said : 		#2

The interesting thing is that it happens now no matter what order number i set GNOME Do to. I have tried starting it before Compiz and after, and it is currently the last program to be loaded when I log in, but still is missing the background.

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Delta (derek-huang) said : 		#3

The interesting thing is that it happens now no matter what order number i set GNOME Do to. I have tried starting it before Compiz and after, and it is currently the last program to be loaded when I log in, but still is missing the background.

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carwashi (carwashi-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#4

Seeing the same issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Best David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5

Will you guys try running a script at login that does something like:

#!/bin/bash

sleep 5 && gnome-do -quiet

Try this to see if starting GNOME Do a little while after login avoids messy Compiz interaction issues.

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Delta (derek-huang) said : 		#6

That definitely does the trick and looks like a fine workaround for now. Thanks for the help.

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Delta (derek-huang) said : 		#7

Thanks David Siegel, that solved my question.

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saphrano (saphrano) said : 		#8

The script didn't solve the issue. I don't use compiz, my video adapter just not able to handle it. I use xcompmgr only.