Beryl "Keep Above Others" VLC -work around-

[TedNig]

Welp, all was going aok, so I went to fiddle again and installed Beryl. As stated, I had to smoke this box, and am rebuilding as I go.

Anyhoo, the boggle I ran into was this.

I was watching "Trailer Park Boys" on DVD with VLC, and changed the opacity so I could see Fire Fox 'under' it. I right clicked on the VLC 'decor' and chose "advanced-keep above others", and ensured it 'depressed'. It is NOT greyed out.

After setting the "keep above others" switch, I clicked on FireFox. Poof.. VLC went behind FireFox. I tried multiple times thinking I chose the wrong 'bar', but no joy.

I did a google and forum search, and all I found was a 'greyed out' bug. However, the option appearers to 'set' properly. And yes, I've rebooted. 8)

Any help would be grand. I installed Beryl via 'add/remove programs', installed the rest; aquamarine-emerald-tools, from synaptic. Maybe I missed a 'package' or something, or I need to change my xorg.conf.

Thanks again for your help.

[TedNig]

Re: Beryl "Keep Above Others"

Here is my xorg.conf.

Thanks again.

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Mon Feb 26 23:38:46 PST 2007

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
load "glx"
load "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
option "CoreKeyboard"
option "XkbRules" "xorg"
option "XkbModel" "pc105"
option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
option "CorePointer"
option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "stylus"
Driver "wacom"
option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
option "Type" "stylus"
option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "eraser"
Driver "wacom"
option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
option "Type" "eraser"
option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "cursor"
Driver "wacom"
option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
option "Type" "cursor"
option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
identifier "FLATRON 774F"
vendorname "LG Electronics Inc."
modelname "LG Flatron 775 FT"
HorizSync 30-70
VertRefresh 50-160
modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
modeline "640x480@72" 31.5 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -vsync -hsync
modeline "640x480@75" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -vsync -hsync
modeline "640x480@85" 36.0 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -vsync -hsync
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@72" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@75" 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@85" 56.3 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "832x624@75" 57.284 832 864 928 1152 624 625 628 667 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1024x768@85" 94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1024x768@75" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1024x768@70" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1024x768@43" 44.9 1024 1032 1208 1264 768 768 776 817 +hsync interlace +vsync
modeline "1152x864@75" 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x960@60" 102.1 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 994 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x1024@60" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1400x1050@60" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync +vsync
gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
identifier "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
boardname "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
busid "PCI:1:0:0"
driver "nvidia"
screen 0
vendorname "NVIDIA"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
Monitor "FLATRON 774F"
DefaultDepth 24

# Enable 32-bit ARGB GLX Visuals
option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
SubSection "Display"
depth 24
virtual 1400 1050
modes "1024x768@60" "1024x768@43" "1024x768@70" "1152x864@75" "1024x768@75" "1280x960@60" "1024x768@85" "1280x1024@60" "832x624@75" "1400x1050@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@85" "800x600@75" "800x600@72" "800x600@56" "640x480@85" "640x480@75" "640x480@72" "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "device" #
identifier "device1"
boardname "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
busid "PCI:1:0:0"
driver "nvidia"
screen 1
vendorname "NVIDIA"
EndSection
Section "screen" #
identifier "screen1"
device "device1"
defaultdepth 24
monitor "monitor1"
EndSection
Section "monitor" #
identifier "monitor1"
gamma 1.0
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

[SheeEttin]

Re: Beryl "Keep Above Others" VLC

It's not a problem at the X level, it's a problem with VLC not obeying the above-others option.

However, I don't have Beryl installed here, so I'm afraid that's all the help I can give. (Installing Beryl is something I intend to do, but 11:40 PM is not the time to start it.)

[TedNig]

Re: Beryl "Keep Above Others" VLC -work around-

Not a 'fix', however using MPlayer instead of VLC 'fixed' the problem.

Hopefully someone else has this problem, and this helps.

Thanks SheeEttin, that seems to be the exact problem.

-cheers-