Problem with totem and dropshadows

[Joseph Kiser]

Werner Lehmann wrote:

> 3. On your homepage appears a screenshot with xorg's dropshadow enabled 
> in gnome 2.10. How do I achieve that?
> 
> My xorg.conf  is already prepared for  that with the following entries:
> 
> Option     "RenderAccel" "true"
> 
> Option     "AllowGLXWithComposite"
> 
> 
> Section "Extensions"
>    Option "Composite" "Enable"
>    Option "RENDER" "Enable"
> EndSection
> 
> 
> that way my hardware acceleration works fine.
> I installed gnome 2.10 with sysinstall from the 2nd FreeBSD CD, but I 
> get no dropshadows. What do I have to do now?

Install xcompmgr, found in /usr/ports/x11-wm

Then invoke it with xcompmgr -c

Or, if you have a high end graphics card, play around with:

xcompmgr -cCfF -r7 -o.65 -l-10 -t-8 -D7