# This is my compton configuration after a quick cleanup. (It's still none too organized; sorry about that.) # With this file at ~/.config/compton.conf, I can run compton without any arguments (just plain `compton`). # # In the hopes that explaining my software and hardware environment might be helpful to you: # # I use this configuration on Ubuntu 15.10 (and have used it on previous releases); I am currently using the 352.63 ("long-lived # branch") NVIDIA binary drivers, installed from the Ubuntu software repositories. I use fluxbox as my window manager; most of # the other components of my desktop environment are borrowed from Xfce. # # My workstation at home has an i7-4930K and a GTX 970 in it, which are together more than enough to drive several 4K displays # without tearing or lagging. Even with quite a few windows open at the moment, 'nvidia-smi' shows the X.org server using # about 600 MiB of video memory; both the CPU and the GPU are effectively idle. # # I use the version of compton packaged in my PPA (https://launchpad.net/~kelleyk/+archive/ubuntu/compton). As of the time of this # writing, that is d7f95b5, which is the what's on the master branch of the upstream compton repository. # # My X11 configuration is very "normal". On 15.04, I did have the following in a file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/; I have not # investigated yet, but I haven't noticed any ill effects from *not* having it since installing 15.10 a few hours ago. # In some cases, UseEvents can make things unstable (though I haven't run into that in a long time); however, not enabling # it will cause the X server to spin (leading to high CPU usage) while waiting for certain resources. # --------------------------- # Section "Device" # Identifier "Device0" # Option "UseEvents" "True" # EndSection # --------------------------- # # Good luck! # References: # - https://github.com/chjj/compton/wiki # - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2144468 ### Backend/performance options backend = "glx"; paint-on-overlay = true; glx-no-stencil = true; glx-no-rebind-pixmap = true; # (TODO: Clean up my notes about selecting a vsync implementation.) xrender-sync-fence = true; vsync = "opengl-swc"; # This option throttles refresh rates. Not compatible with vsync=drm/opengl/opengl-oml. # (Note: for me, enabling this just makes the choppy dragging more noticeable, like the update rate has gone down.) sw-opti = true; # # Per compton performance tips (from the GitHub wiki), only one of these three # # (glx-use-copysubbuffermesa, glx-copy-from-front, glx-swap-method) # # should be used. # glx-use-copysubbuffermesa = true; # glx-copy-from-front = false; # glx-swap-method = "undefined"; glx-swap-method = "exchange"; # requires "allow fipping" in nvidia-settings ### Shadow shadow = true; no-dnd-shadow = true; no-dock-shadow = true; clear-shadow = true; shadow-radius = 7; shadow-offset-x = -7; shadow-offset-y = -7; shadow-opacity = 0.5; # shadow-red = 0.0; # shadow-green = 0.0; # shadow-blue = 0.0; shadow-exclude = [ # From the Ubuntu forums link ('screaminj3sus') "! name~=''", "n:e:Notification", "n:e:Plank", "n:e:Docky", "g:e:Synapse", "g:e:Kupfer", "g:e:Conky", "n:w:*Firefox*", "n:w:*Chrome*", "n:w:*Chromium*", "class_g ?= 'Notify-osd'", "class_g ?= 'Cairo-dock'", "class_g ?= 'Xfce4-notifyd'", "class_g ?= 'Xfce4-power-manager'" ]; shadow-ignore-shaped = false; # shadow-exclude-reg = "x10+0+0"; # xinerama-shadow-crop = true; ### Opacity menu-opacity = 0.90; # inactive-opacity = 0.85; # active-opacity = 0.8; frame-opacity = 0.90; # i.e. titlebars, borders inactive-opacity-override = false; alpha-step = 0.06; # opacity-rule = [ "80:class_g = 'URxvt'" ]; # inactive-dim = 0.2; # inactive-dim-fixed = true; ### Blur options # blur-background = true; # blur-background-frame = true; # blur-kern = "3x3box" # blur-kern = "5,5,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1" # blur-background-fixed = true; blur-background-exclude = [ "window_type = 'dock'", "window_type = 'desktop'" ]; ### Fading fading = true; fade-delta = 4; # 30; fade-in-step = 0.03; fade-out-step = 0.03; # no-fading-openclose = true; fade-exclude = [ ]; ### Other mark-wmwin-focused = true; mark-ovredir-focused = true; # Use EWMH _NET_WM_ACTIVE_WINDOW to determine which window is focused instead of using FocusIn/Out events. # Usually more reliable but depends on a EWMH-compliant WM. use-ewmh-active-win = true; # # Detect rounded corners and treat them as rectangular when --shadow-ignore-shaped is on. # detect-rounded-corners = true; detect-client-opacity = true; refresh-rate = 0; dbe = false; unredir-if-possible = true; # unredir-if-possible-delay = 5000; # unredir-if-possible-exclude = [ ]; focus-exclude = [ "class_g = 'Cairo-clock'" ]; detect-transient = true; detect-client-leader = true; invert-color-include = [ ]; # resize-damage = 1; # Window type settings wintypes: { tooltip = { fade = true; shadow = false; opacity = 0.75; focus = true; }; };