> Please correct me, but to my knowledge there is no mechanism in place to > warn users when the Trinity compositor will not work. There are two > conditions that I am aware: > > * An existing xorg.conf contains the following: > > Section "Extensions" > Option "Composite" "false" > EndSection > > * A packager purposely disables compositor support such as proposed in > enhancement request 1289: -DWITH_XCOMPOSITE=OFF. > > Currently with either condition, the user is allowed to enable the > compositor, KControl->Desktop->Window Behavior->Translucency, and there is > no feedback that this is an exercise in futility, which likely will > confuse most users. > > What is the preferred method for informing users why their efforts will > not succeed, or to inform them that the options are unavailable? > > Darrell A message stating this should be shown in the kcontrol module, and the corresponding options should be greyed out. Tim