I can no longer put transparency in Manjaro Plasma terminal

Creto · 13 March 2023 11:16

As the title says, in the current version of Plasma from Manjaro I can no longer put transparency in the background of my terminal, which is my preferred tool for almost all system maintenance tasks.

My hardware information:

[benedito@benedito ~]$ inxi -Fazy
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.94-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=86fa2618-e926-4e3a-9d22-2aa498203272 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq 6005 Pro SFF PC
    v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 4
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 3047h serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 786G6 v01.12 date: 02/02/2011
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Phenom II X2 B55 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K10 level: v1
    built: 2009-13 process: AMD 45nm family: 0x10 (16) model-id: 4 stepping: 3
    microcode: 0x10000C8
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-2x64 KiB; i-2x64 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 2x512 KiB L3: 6 MiB
    desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3000 boost: disabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 800 2: 800 bogomips: 11974
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD RS880 [Radeon HD 4200] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: radeon
    v: kernel arch: TeraScale code: R6xx/RV6xx/RV7xx process: TSMC 55-65nm
    built: 2005-13 ports: active: DP-1 empty: VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:05.0
    chip-ID: 1002:9710 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: radeon unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: r600
    gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x720 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x190mm (13.31x7.48")
    s-diag: 388mm (15.27")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 model: Panasonic PANASONIC-TV
    serial: <filter> built: 2006 res: 1280x720 hz: 60 dpi: 47 gamma: 1.2
    size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") modes: max: 1280x720 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 22.3.5 renderer: AMD RS880 (DRM 2.50.0 /
    5.15.94-1-MANJARO LLVM 15.0.7) compat-v: 3.0 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383 class-ID: 0403
  Sound API: ALSA v: k5.15.94-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5761 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: tg3 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 3f:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1681 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp63s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8188FTV 802.11b/g/n 1T1R 2.4G WLAN Adapter type: USB
    driver: rtl8188fu bus-ID: 2-4:2 chip-ID: 0bda:f179 class-ID: 0000
    serial: <filter>
  IF: wlp0s19f2u4 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.77 GiB used: 22.03 GiB (4.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST3250318AS
    size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: HP34 scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST3250318AS
    size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: HP34 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 50 GiB size: 50 GiB (100.00%) used: 13.44 GiB (26.9%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 174.88 GiB size: 174.88 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 8.59 GiB (4.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19
  ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 50 GiB size: 50 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 13.44 GiB (26.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 34.2 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 194 Uptime: 11m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.13 GiB
  used: 2.09 GiB (13.8%) Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman
  pkgs: 1247 libs: 357 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.25
[benedito@benedito ~]$

As you can see in the image above, the edit button is disabled, thanks in advance for suggestions.

T+ = See you later

Aragorn · 13 March 2023 13:21

The default Konsole profile in Manjaro Plasma is read-only. You need to copy it with a new name, then edit that copy, and set it as the default profile to be used.

deroberts1 · 13 March 2023 16:20

A simple utility to make an active window transparent is

transset-df

For example type this command in a terminal after downloading and installing:

transset-df -t -a

The -t is a toggle
The -a does it without clicking on the window.

I use this on my Netflix lappy to quickly check the time on the desktop without having to reduce the full screen window. You can create a little script with a hot key.

(Not sure this works in Wayland.) The docs only say X11.

Creto · 14 March 2023 20:35

Yes, but let’s see until the next update, it always goes back to Breath

But let’s see the next stable branch update

Thank’s

T+ = See you later

scotty65 · 15 March 2023 03:05

You can also make a window transparent by scrolling your mouse wheel on its titlebar. Just make sure you have the mouse action enabled via:

System Settings => Window Management => Window Behavior => Titlebar Actions => Mouse Wheel => Change Opacity

system · 17 March 2023 17:06

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