Incredible amount of errors when launching compton

[aejenk]

Platform: Kubuntu 18.04 64-bit

GPU, drivers, and screen setup: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Single screen on laptop

Compton version: Current version from repository [Unsure what version this is]

Compton configuration: https://pastebin.com/ekAha6Hs

Steps of reproduction

All I've done to produce error is to build compton from the current repository and then run it. Installing it via apt-get produces the same error.

Expected behavior

For the background of a current program [polybar] to be transparent.

Current Behavior & Other details

Background turns completely dark, items persist in the background, things fade out slowly, terminal used to launch compton starts rapidfiring multiple errors such as this:

[     3.96 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12005: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     3.98 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12049: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     3.98 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12090: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.00 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12134: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.01 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12178: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.02 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12219: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.04 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12263: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.06 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12307: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.08 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12351: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.10 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12395: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.11 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12439: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.13 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12480: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.15 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12524: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.15 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12568: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.17 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12609: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.18 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12653: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.19 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12694: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"
[     4.21 ] error  143 BadPicture   request  139 minor    8 serial  12738: "RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)"

[aejenk]

Something to note : The problem only arises in bspwm

[johnniehard]

I'm having just this same issue.

[benbc7]

I'm having the exact same issue, its not only in bspwm. I'm using Arch in a VirtualBox with KDE and i3. I've tried the pacman package and the compton-git package from the aur. I've tried both xrender and glx backends and neither make a difference. I've also tried deleting my config file entirely to make sure I wasn't doing anything wrong with it.

When I run the command compton & I get the following error once:

x_create_picture_with_pictfmt_and_pixmap(): failed to create picture

followed by this error repeating:

[ 19.448696 ] error 143 XCB_RENDER_PICTURE request 139 minor 8 serial 2074: "143"

[heppu]

I had the same error with compton, picom and xcompmgr. What fixed it was setting the background using: feh --bg-scale myimg.png.