Cairo-Clock 桌面时钟

这是个挺不错的小时钟, 有多种皮肤.

我这里一开始时钟周围有圈黑边, 不爽, 后来查到了解决方案

安装xcompmgr, 然后先于cairo-clock运行即可

原文说要修改/etc/X11/xorg.conf, 加入
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

但我这里不需要修改这个就可以去掉黑圈

不过还有一个问题,就是这样运行xcompmgr后,点击右上方关机选项按钮后屏幕就没反应, 网上很多人称之为"死锁", 实际不是, 我发现是本该出现的关机选项没有显示,但是还是在屏幕上的对应位置, 如果用鼠标摸索的点,仍然可以重启,关机等.

试了几个xcompmgr的命令后发现不是和黑框出现就是关机选项消失,总之还没有解决.
不过先这样把, 反正我用命令行关机. :)

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