{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vicfryzel/xmonad-config/issues/20","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vicfryzel/xmonad-config/issues/20/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vicfryzel/xmonad-config/issues/20/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vicfryzel/xmonad-config/issues/20/events","html_url":"https://github.com/vicfryzel/xmonad-config/issues/20","id":105270509,"number":20,"title":"xcompmgr not running from ~/.xmonad/bin/xsession","user":{"login":"obimod","id":465165,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/465165?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/obimod","html_url":"https://github.com/obimod","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/obimod/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/obimod/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/obimod/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/obimod/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/obimod/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/obimod/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/obimod/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/obimod/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/obimod/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":7,"created_at":"2015-09-07T21:48:32Z","updated_at":"2015-09-08T20:03:33Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Using Slim and the suggested symbolic link [1], xcompmgr doesn't seem to be running on startup. After installing xtransset-df for window opacity settings and setting an opacity level on a particular window I expected the window's opacity to change but nothing happened.\r\n\r\nThis led me to run the xcompmgr command in a terminal [3] taken from the bin/xsession file which is symbolically linked to ~/.xsession (and b/c I was originally using xinit instead of slim, ~/.xinitrc). The window immediately reduced in opacity.\r\n\r\nThis is the primary concern for this ticket, whether the xsession script is mostly blown away by the last exec command or not but first and foremost why xcompmgr isn't running.\r\n\r\nHowever, my personal and private goal is for the windows to fade down their opacity when they loose focus. If you can help me with that I would be greatful. I've linked my commits [2] below so that you can see what I'm working with.\r\n\r\n[1] ~/.xsession -> /home/obimod/.xmonad/bin/xsession*\r\n[2] https://github.com/obimod/xmonad-config/commits/master\r\n[3] xcompmgr -n -c -C -t-5 -l-5 -r4.2 -o.55 -F  ...(taken from an archlinux wiki page)"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vicfryzel/xmonad-config/issues/comments/138684205","html_url":"https://github.com/vicfryzel/xmonad-config/issues/20#issuecomment-138684205","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vicfryzel/xmonad-config/issues/20","id":138684205,"user":{"login":"vicfryzel","id":125031,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/125031?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/vicfryzel","html_url":"https://github.com/vicfryzel","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vicfryzel/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vicfryzel/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vicfryzel/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vicfryzel/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vicfryzel/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vicfryzel/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vicfryzel/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vicfryzel/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vicfryzel/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-09-08T20:03:33Z","updated_at":"2015-09-08T20:03:33Z","body":"Oops, on my previous command, it should've been `xcompmgr -n >& ~/xcompmgr.out &` which also redirects stderr. However, you're right, .xsession-errors is already capturing stderr.\r\n\r\nFor what it's worth, the xsession file is meant to be customized to your preferences. However, ck-launch-session should've been installed as part of the guide for Arch. Did you run the install steps for xmonad-config?"}}