topic title: [URGENT] GCC 5 fallout incoming
Posts: 45
TonyVanDam
Joined: 03 Apr 2013
#16
I change my mind. I took a chance and d-u already. So far, no problems.

It's too bad I never used cclive to fully understand its purpose. Oh well!
Posts: 173
DeepDayze
Joined: 09 Sep 2011
#17
I am using AntiX 13.2 upgraded to Sid and managed to do a dist-upgrade without apps getting removed and only with libs being replaced with v5 versions. One thing I noticed is now Roxterm no longer is transparent and the transparency setting is no longer honored. The desktop I am using is Fluxbox. Any ideas how to fix it?

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$ inxi -v3
System:    Host: thinker Kernel: 4.1.6-towo.1-siduction-686 i686 (32 bit gcc: 5.2.1)
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.6
           Distro: antiX-13.2_386-full Luddite 4 November 2013
Machine:   System: IBM product: 23734WU v: ThinkPad T42
           Mobo: IBM model: 23734WU
           Bios: IBM v: 1RETDRWW (3.23 ) date: 06/18/2007
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium M (-UP-) cache: 2048 KB
           flags: (sse sse2) bmips: 3190 speed/max: 1600/2100 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV200/M7 [Mobility Radeon 7500]
           bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.17.2 driver: radeon
           Resolution: 1024x768@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI R100 (RV200 4C57) x86/MMX/SSE2 DRI2
           GLX Version: 1.3 Mesa 10.6.7 Direct Rendering: Yes
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile)
           driver: e1000 v: 7.3.21-k8-NAPI port: 8000 bus-ID: 02:01.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
           mac: <filtered>
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR5212 802.11abg NIC
           driver: ath5k bus-ID: 02:02.0
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filtered>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 80.0GB (20.9% used) ID-1: model: ST980815A
Info:      Processes: 95 Uptime: 15 min Memory: 625.5/2019.3MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.2.1
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.421) inxi: 2.2.25
Posts: 1,445
skidoo
Joined: 09 Feb 2012
#18
tranparency:
gnome devs (who maintain the livbte library) grew tired of wrestling with making transparency work across all soft/hardware permutations.


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search for libvte and read the changelog. The version with a"9" in it drops transparency support. That version is now present in both sid and testing, IIRC.

See whether you can (without breakage) force a libvte package downgrade.
The only peeps I know who are working on continuing to support tranparency in libvte are the LinuxDeepin devs.
If you could get a hold of their .deb (or build from their source) I'm guessing you'd regain transparency (if you were lucky to have it previously, under libvte v1.18).
edit:
Oops, no. I just revisited (github) and noted that Deepin has only forked python-vte, not libvte.
From reviewing the changelog details, by pinning the older libvte we're not missing anything noteworthy, IMO.


edit:
ubuntu has patched libvte to restore transparency.
If you're interested in DIY patching and (re)building libvte, See message #32 here

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Last edited by skidoo on 17 Dec 2015, 19:23, edited 1 time in total.
Posts: 1,445
skidoo
Joined: 09 Feb 2012
#19
BTW:
synaptic v0.82.5 is buggy for me.
The app locks up if you open the"preferences}}repositories" dialog window, necessitating sudo killall synaptic