Windows have rounded corners, I want normal windows

erichbf · Yesterday 05:05:20

This version (Carbon) has weird corners with rounded edges, I just want normal windows like Blackbox always used to have. I only use Openbox because Blackbox isn't easy to install.

How can I get just normal windows. Please help I can not stand these weird windows Totally bizarre.

Also, how can I get just a normal menu with icons, I want only text.

Thank You Very Much, Any help is much appreciated.

johnraff · Yesterday 05:28:38

Hi @erichbf, the round corners are added by the compositor picom.
Apart from corners, it handles some other things like transparency and drop shadows.
If you don't need any of that you can just disable the compositor:
menu > User Settings > Compositor > Disable Compositor
If you like the result and want to make it permanent:
menu > User Settings > BunsenLabs Session >Edit autostart
Comment-out the line 'bl-compositor --start' with a #

# bl-compositor --start

If you want to keep transparency and drop-shadows and just stop the round corners, then:
menu > User Settings > Compositor > Edit Compositing Settings
Find the 'corner-radius' line and set it to 0:

corner-radius = 0

---
To disable icons in the menu:
menu > User Settings > jgmenu > Edit Menu Settings
Find the line 'icon_size' and set it to 0:

icon_size           = 0

erichbf · Yesterday 18:49:14

Thank you so very much for the quick and very useful reply. Your steps did exactly the trick. Looking at the reply though I have to note that to make these changes no fewer than three different configuration programs had to be involved. I reallly look back fondly on my days running the Blackbox window manager when there was really one file, outside of course the beloved XF86Config file, that had to be edited and that was the blackbox configuration file. Since those two files did very different things, I was always okay with that.

I will try to compile the Blackbox window manager and run it on the Bunsen Labs distribution. If you know anyone who has done that, it would be appreciated. Will start a separate thread about that.

PackRat · Yesterday 18:58:46

Blackbox is in the trixie repos. No need to compile it.

Sector11 · Yesterday 21:47:46

Welcome to Bunsen erichbf.

Blackbox - interesting. It's in Old Stable as well:

 2026·05·09 @ 18:41:01 ~
   $ ser blackbox
alias ser = aptitude search
p   blackbox                        - Window manager for X                     
p   blackbox-themes                 - Themes for the Blackbox Windowmanager    
p   kblackbox                       - Black Box puzzle game                    
p   prometheus-blackbox-exporter    - blackbox prober for Prometheus           
 
 2026·05·09 @ 18:41:09 ~
   $

Still like my OpenBox though.

johnraff · Today 01:19:08

erichbf wrote:

Looking at the reply though I have to note that to make these changes no fewer than three different configuration programs had to be involved.

Three different optional actions:
1) edit the processes run on your session startup
2) edit picom's composition settings
3) edit jgmenu's settings

#1 Yesterday 05:05:20

Windows have rounded corners, I want normal windows

#2 Yesterday 05:28:38

Re: Windows have rounded corners, I want normal windows

#3 Yesterday 18:49:14

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#4 Yesterday 18:58:46

Re: Windows have rounded corners, I want normal windows

#5 Yesterday 21:47:46

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#6 Today 01:19:08

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