Can't get picom to auto start in i3

I’ve tried uncommenting the relevant line (exec --no-startup-id picom -CGb) but nothing changes. Also tried using xcompmgr but that didn’t work either. The only way I’ve gotten it to work at all is to manually run picom & in the terminal, which of course stops working once that terminal is closed and is not how it should work.

I ran EOS i3 for a couple of months back in the spring (on the same PC) and didn’t have any issues with this, so something in the newer default setup must be causing the issue.

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Try exec --no-startup-id picom -f

Had some issues with picom and latest kernels, they were resolved with LTS kernel.

Tried logging out and back in but no change…

Might try that - the LTS kernel should be fine for me anyway.

Picom isn’t part of i3. Try logging out and in again.

LTS kernel seems to be the fix. Thanks!

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