[Solved] Annoying flash on exit in urxvt - in fluxbox

sleekmason · 2020-12-25 23:39:10

It's pretty bad. Urxvt flashes white on exit while in Fluxbox. Not sure whether it has something to do with fluxbox or not. Kinda remember something like this from years ago.

I tried:

fbsetroot -solid black

thinking maybe the root window was the issue? didn't seem to matter . .

Urxvt does not do this in other distros with this configuration.

looked through https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/7-urxvt/
but nothing jumped out at me. Missing package maybe?

Nothing else seems to do it though I haven't used this build long. Any ideas?

.Xresources:

Xft.autohint: 1
Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.hinting: true
Xft.hintstyle: hintmedium
Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.rgba: rgb
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault

!--- Window Settings
Xcursor.size:11
URxvt.buffered:             true
URxvt.geometry:             85x30

!--- Font Size and Controls
URxvt*.font:  xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:autohint=true:pixelsize=12
URxvt.perl-lib:                     ~/.urxvt/ext
URxvt.keysym.C-Up:     font-size:increase
URxvt.keysym.C-Down:   font-size:decrease
URxvt.keysym.C-S-Up:   font-size:incglobal
URxvt.keysym.C-S-Down: font-size:decglobal
URxvt.keysym.C-equal:  font-size:reset
URxvt.keysym.C-slash:  font-size:show
!URxvt.perl-ext-common: font-size,tabbed,matcher
URxvt.perl-ext-common: font-size,matcher

!--- For Tabs
URxvt.tabbed.reopen-on-close: yes
URxvt.keysym.Control-Shift-Left: perl:tabbedex:move_tab_left
URxvt.keysym.Control-Shift-Right: perl:tabbedex:move_tab_right
URxvt.keysym.Control-Shift-R: perl:tabbedex:rename_tab

!---Make url links clickable
URxvt.url-launcher: /usr/bin/firefox-esr
URxvt.matcher.button: 1
URxvt.matcher.rend.0: Uline Bold fg5

!--- Scrolling
URxvt*.scrollTtyOutput:     false
URxvt*.scrollWithBuffer:    false
URxvt*.scrollTtyKeypress:   true
URxvt.secondaryScroll:      true
URxvt*scrollstyle:          plain
URxvt*saveLines:            10000
URxvt.scrollBar_right:      true
URxvt.scrollBar:            false
URxvt.mapAlert:             true

!--- Line spacing
!  URxvt.lineSpace: 12

!---Transparency and effect settings
! URxvt*inheritPixmap:        true
! URxvt*transparent:          true
!---With Compositor enabled:
URxvt.depth: 32
URxvt.background: rgba:0000/0000/0000/bbbb


!---URxvt*shading: 0 to 99 darkens, 101 to 200 lightens
! URxvt*shading:              20
URxvt.blurRadius:           40
URxvt.fading:               0
! URxvt.tintColor:            #ffffff

!--- Tabbing Menu colors

URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-bg:     0
URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-fg:     6
URxvt.tabbed.tab-bg:        0
URxvt.tabbed.tab-fg:        5

!--- Colors

URxvt.cursorColor:          #06D5FF
URxvt.pointerColor:         #15ACCC
! URxvt.background:         #000000
URxvt.foreground:           #6CB1B8
URxvt.underlineColor:       #DE9D00
URxvt.throughColor:         #57AABA
URxvt.highlightColor:       #00526E
URxvt.color0:               #000000
URxvt.color1:               #15ACCC
URxvt.color2:               #15ACCC
URxvt.color3:               #15ACCC
URxvt.color4:               #06D5FF
URxvt.color5:               #15ACCC
URxvt.color6:               #15ACCC
URxvt.color7:               #CEFAF9
URxvt.color8:               #15ACCC
URxvt.color9:               #F5F500

!--prompt(name)
URxvt.color10:              #74EDFA

!--urls
URxvt.color11:              #F439A8

!--folder name
URxvt.color12:              #10C610

URxvt.color13:              #06D5FF

!--uptime top green
URxvt.color14:              #14AA03

!--menuconfig first letter
URxvt.color15:              #023C48

Nothing here as far as I know.

Last edited by sleekmason (2020-12-26 01:46:40)

PackRat · 2020-12-26 01:30:44

Are you running compton or something similar?
Fluxbox has had issues with compton in the past. If you're running comptopn, disable it and see if the issue persists.

sleekmason · 2020-12-26 01:45:53

Yes! I just now tracked it to something to do with transparency.
Changing

URxvt.depth: 32

To 16 or 24 loses transparency, and the flicker as well.
Same with disabling compton. Flicker goes away.

So a fluxbox issue?

My memory of this seems to be setting the root window to black, then feh for the wallpaper, but that doesn't really make any sense I suppose.

Ha! your link gave the answer:)
In Compton.conf

--no-fading-destroyed-argb

Solved!

PackRat · 2020-12-26 02:32:11

sleekmason wrote:

So a fluxbox issue?

In the context that fluxbox doesn't always play well with compton/picom, yes.

DeepDayze · 2020-12-26 03:11:04

PackRat wrote:

sleekmason wrote:
So a fluxbox issue?
In the context that fluxbox doesn't always play well with compton/picom, yes.

Yes sometimes Compton messes with even Fluxbox themes as well , so consider themes can also interact with Compton negatively as well.

In addition Fluxbox does not always play well with multiple monitors especially when using a laptop with external monitors.

Last edited by DeepDayze (2020-12-26 03:12:05)

johnraff · 2020-12-26 03:54:23

sleekmason wrote:

In Compton.conf
--no-fading-destroyed-argb
Solved!

Would this setting likely be useful (or at least harmless) for other window managers than Fluxbox?
Also, any idea if picom (likely compton successor) would need something like that too?

PackRat · 2020-12-26 05:33:52

I would think that it would be harmless. The fix was mentioned on a couple threads when I searched for the error sleekmason was describing. Fluxbox wasn't the only window manager to have the issue.

johnraff · 2020-12-26 06:27:18

^If so, I guess we should throw it into the default compton.conf

EDIT: it's already there! roll

@sleekmason, I guess you're not using the BL configs. Maybe some other ideas in that compton file?

Last edited by johnraff (2020-12-26 06:31:32)

ohnonot · 2020-12-26 10:42:18

It would be nice if sleekmason could try to reproduce the problem under openbox?

sleekmason · 2020-12-26 12:28:11

DeepDayze wrote:

Yes sometimes Compton messes with even Fluxbox themes as well , so consider themes can also interact with Compton negatively as well.

This is good to know. I won't freak out if something goes wonky big_smile

johnraff wrote:

^If so, I guess we should throw it into the default compton.conf
EDIT: it's already there!

Figures:) Lol. If I had known it was a compton issue I would have looked there first for sure.

ohnonot wrote:

It would be nice if sleekmason could try to reproduce the problem under openbox?

I didn't check for this under Openbox (solo).
In Openbox under lxde, there is no issue.
Sounds like it may be a general problem for window managers though?.

Glad there is a fix, as the white flash is damn near blinding in the dark:)

PackRat · 2020-12-26 15:15:30

johnraff wrote:

sleekmason wrote:
In Compton.conf
--no-fading-destroyed-argb
Solved!
Would this setting likely be useful (or at least harmless) for other window managers than Fluxbox?
Also, any idea if picom (likely compton successor) would need something like that too?

It's presented as an option in the picom.conf example template:

# Do not fade destroyed ARGB windows with WM frame. Workaround of bugs in Openbox, Fluxbox, etc.
# no-fading-destroyed-argb = false

I actually went scorched earth with:

fading = false;

in my picom.conf. Drop shadows and slightly transparent terminal are enough for me monkey

Last edited by PackRat (2020-12-26 16:42:54)

sleekmason · 2020-12-26 20:44:05

PackRat wrote:

johnraff wrote:
sleekmason wrote:
In Compton.conf
--no-fading-destroyed-argb
Solved!
Would this setting likely be useful (or at least harmless) for other window managers than Fluxbox?
Also, any idea if picom (likely compton successor) would need something like that too?
It's presented as an option in the picom.conf example template:
# Do not fade destroyed ARGB windows with WM frame. Workaround of bugs in Openbox, Fluxbox, etc.
# no-fading-destroyed-argb = false
I actually went scorched earth with:
fading = false;
in my picom.conf. Drop shadows and slightly transparent terminal are enough for me

Of Interest, I had thought to clean up my compton.conf with the line you have from picom because the other arguments are presented in the same manner (true/false), but it would not work in Compton.
I reverted back to the line from your original link:

--no-fading-destroyed-argb

and it allows for fading with no complaints. Doesn't really make sense, but there it is.

#1 2020-12-25 23:39:10

[Solved] Annoying flash on exit in urxvt - in fluxbox

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