I have tried other related question on lubuntu desktop, on Ubuntu 14, on my Lenovo Laptop Z50. But the screen is not transparent.
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I found here a way of making windows transparent in Lubuntu. Just a CTRL + C - CTRL + V to grant the material isn't going to be lost so soon:
sudo apt-get install xcompmgr transset
Here it complained about not finding the transset
. So I tried installing just the xcompmgr
and everything worked fine.
To get xcompmgr running every time:
leafpad ~/.config/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart
and add the line:
@xcompmgr -c
which turns on translucency and soft shadows. Fading can be added with -fD A where A is milliseconds between steps in a fade.
To control the level of opacity, make sure the program you want to change is running, then use:
transset B
where B is some number between 0 and 1 where 0 is completely transparent and 1 is completely opaque. It'll turn your cursor into Then click on the window you want to change the transparency on. If you like fading, you may want to add -F to xcompmgr to allow for faded transitions when changing opacity.
Yeah, it seems like this is a problem with Ubuntu in general and is beyond the scope of AskUbuntu that terminal transparency doesn't work. If you've gotta have it, it is worth installing Terminator which is a more advanced terminal emulator that supports transparency as well as a wealth of other features that you may or may not want to use.