Mokka migration

Issues & Assistance
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Hi, I am following the instructions to migrate to Mokka, but I get stuck at " -Window Management - Desktop Effects, make sure Blur is disabled and BetterBlur is enabled, then open Rounded Corners settings, go in Inclusions & Exclusions tab and add xwaylandvideobridge to the exclusion list (you may need to hit Refresh first). Then go in Outlines tab and change the settings for the following (including the Outline transparency that you barely see the super small indicator for!):"

There is no Betterblur, Rounded corners or Outlines tab. When I uncheck Exclude unsupported effects, Betterblur and Round corners show, but no Outlines or any other tab.

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Did you push the wheel on the right of rounded corners entry to open the settings (Configure)?

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Edit:
I see your problem probably.
I just updated, the kwin-effect-rounded-corners-git package got updated (along with kwin) and the effect disappeared!
The reason most likely being:

So, I think a rebuild in chaotic-AUR is in order…
Maybe also for kwin-effects-forceblur?
Actually, if I may try to put my two cents in, in chaotic-AUR, I still see version 0.7.1.r11.g81fb4e0-1.5, while the last commit seems to me to be CI_PACKAGE_BUMP=0.7.1.r11.g81fb4e0-2/6, so either it hasn’t been deployed yet or something has gone wrong.
In-fact, rebuilding them both with paru worked, and now they are available again.

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Hi. Where are these instructions to migrate to Mokka? I can’t find them with the forum search.

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In my case I found out that Better Blur and Rounded Corners effects was visible only if unchecked the Exclude unsupported effects mark. For them to work and stop being excluded I had to install other packages:

  • kwin-effects-forceblur-git instead of kwin-effects-forceblur
  • installed newer version of kwin-effect-rounded-corners-git than Octopi was offering (see Details)
    Details

    Octopi showed outdated version 0.6.6.r6.g0e1fa34 while latest version in official github page and aur.chaotic.cx at the time of writing was 0.7.1. Checked PKGBUILD - provided version was 0.6.6.r6.g0e1fa34-1 indeed. If I would have compiled new version using instructions on the github website, I would have to recompile it every time with every new version released. So I:

    • installed outdated version 0.6.6.r6.g0e1fa34-1 with Octopi
    • opened ~/.cache/paru/clone/kwin-effect-rounded-corners-git/PKGBUILD with a text editor and changed line from pkgver=0.6.6.r6.g0e1fa34 to pkgver=0.7.1.r11.g81fb4e0
    • removed installed package ignoring dependenciessudo pacman -Rdd kwin-effect-rounded-corners-git
    • installed the same package with Octopi versioned 0.6.6.r6.g0e1fa34, but because of changed PKGBUILD looks like the new version was installed because now it appeared in System settings (was not excluded any more) and was working.

    Now I believe if this package will be updated in the repository, Octopi will reflect that.

While researching this I got an impression this may be related to drivers as all this was not needed on my other machine.

Prehistory

I’ve migrated my two machines from Dr460nized to Mokka using these instructions too. Everything went fine, but after few days I’ve noticed that on one of my machines Blur and Rounded Corners effects disappeared. When I checked System Settings --> Windows Management --> Desktop Effects, I found out that Better Blur and Rounded Corners effects was visible only if unchecked the Exclude unsupported effects mark. Nevertheless they was not working in any way.
I’ve tried to reinstall associated packages ignoring package dependencies

sudo pacman -Rndd kwin-effect-rounded-corners-git
sudo pacman -Rndd kwin-effects-forceblur-git
sudo pacman -Rndd kwin-scripts-forceblur

while rebooting every-time, but it did not resolve anything.

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Interesting situation.

The only thing of value I see I can add to the Migration steps is to use a Terminal (with the provided commands in the Migration steps) to apply changes to packages. But you are supposed to be using it, since at the beginning of the steps it mentions to execute garuda-update.

That being said I am clarifying all this now in the steps and have added some more info about the 2 Desktop Effects.

Exclude unsupported effects checked is not something you see on a fresh Dr460nized install. The steps need to stay as close as possible to a fresh install, otherwise there would need to be 100s of other cases to add to the steps, but considering many people may not have those 2 packages cuz they came in after the previous ISO release and were not forcibly pushed on already installed systems, there should be a better guide about them. There is now. :smiley:

If you ever find out why your Exclude unsupported effects was checked, I’d like to know.

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