KDE translucent fails after upgrade

[Alain G. Fabry]

On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 01:42:46PM +0100, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 21. November 2007 08:30:34 schrieb Alain G. Fabry:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've portupgraded my xorg and kde, after this my kde translucent settings
> > don't work anymore and I receive a 'composite manager failed' while logging
> > in.
> 
> I'm having the same problem since I upgraded but hasn't had the mood to dig 
> further what the culprit is.
> Are you using the nvidia (non-open-source) driver? I suspected that but 
> haven't verified.
> If not it has to be something KDE-XORG specific.
> 

No, I have a ATI Mobility Radeon x1600 and use the normal VESA driver since to my knowledge
the ATI is not supported.

I've already tried to look for the problem but couldn't find it, that's why I ask
the experts.

Thanks,

Alain