Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:15:01 -0700 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: after youtube .swf, black xterm text => transparent Message-ID: <50AEF845.9050009@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <CAO%2BPfDezc4WDC276v2koQ99aue_O1-E8%2B07gcp4a_WT0Jx57Ug@mail.gmail.com> References: <50AC4984.9050503@dreamchaser.org> <CAO%2BPfDcw5_4M=NsmF172RSw%2BL9SY=Bjx9m8KwgxhOz9O8jVHNQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAO%2BPfDezc4WDC276v2koQ99aue_O1-E8%2B07gcp4a_WT0Jx57Ug@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11/22/12 07:34, David Demelier wrote: > I mean right click on the youtube image, open the flash properties and > untick the hardware acceleration setting :-) Thanks, that did the trick. > 2012/11/22 David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> > >> Do you have a nvidia card ? >> >> If yes right click on the youtube image and disable hardware acceleration, >> it will probably solve it (solved for me) >> >> >> 2012/11/21 Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> >> >>> After doing a number of port upgrades to try to get firefox 16 to play >>> youtube audio again (still doesn't), I now see that when I put an xterm >>> window over a particular portion of the display, the black areas on the >>> xterm are transparent, and are showing a portion of a youtube page >>> which is no longer playing but which is still open on either a visible >>> or a non-visible (i.e. not the current) tab. >>> >>> The image is from the end of the following page: >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHuYmhY-5-g >>> >>> and the video content is >>> https://s.ytimg.com/yts/swfbin/watch_as3-vfl1ubMZd.swf >>> >>> Anyone else seeing this problem? >>> >>> Hmm... this is weird. If I iconify everything except a couple of >>> xterms, xwininfo clicked on the region where the image *was*, which now >>> has only the wm (xfce4) background, the xwininfo gives the window id >>> for the background. >>> >>> This is particularly noticeable in the xfce terminal emulator, 0.4.8, >>> as it comes up with an entirely black background. >>> >>> Gimp, firefox and thunderbird windows don't have the problem, nor does the >>> wm header. >>> >>> I'm guessing this is a result of using the XVideo extension, and not using >>> opengl in the wm, or something like that, based on this article: >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_video_extension >>> >>> Can anyone shed some light on this and how to prevent it? >>> >>> p.s. I can't seem to find how to tell what options a port is installed >>> with, and what the defaults are. I know it's there somewhere...
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