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Offline kensum71

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Transparent window in skype and kmplayer [Solved]
« on: February 20, 2011, 12:30:07 PM »
I am unable to see video in  skype and kmplayer, just a transparent window.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,73688.msg606595.html#msg606595

From this post I was able to open skype in a terminal with this: export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 && skype ; This makes the webcam work in skype, but how do you make this happen when openning skype from the menu. thanks, ken
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Re: Transparent window in skype and kmplayer
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2011, 03:07:38 PM »
I am unable to see video in  skype and kmplayer, just a transparent window.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,73688.msg606595.html#msg606595

From this post I was able to open skype in a terminal with this: export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 && skype ; This makes the webcam work in skype, but how do you make this happen when openning skype from the menu. thanks, ken


This is a known problem if you are running Skype and, for instance,  Cairo Dock under OpenGL. Simply right-click the K-Menu button on the panel (a.k.a. the PC-Meny, Start Menu and Program Launcher button); click "Menu Editor" and add "export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 && " before the commands that start Skype, KMplayer and all the other misbehaving apps. (There are lots of them.)

On my box the Menu Editor settings for Skype look like this:


You could of course fix the problem by editing the relevant .desktop files too. (And then you could edit the global .desktop files. The Menu Editor will only change a local .desktop file, which makes it a bit cumbersome if you have several users.)
« Last Edit: February 20, 2011, 03:35:00 PM by Bald Brick »
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Re: Transparent window in skype and kmplayer
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2011, 04:29:24 PM »
Thanks, BaldBrick. When I first found the solution, I shut down cairo-dock thinking that would solve it. No go, so added that line and it worked. Just needed the help getting it in the start menu. Again thanks will post solved