bug#8608: 24.0.50; unable to set alpha frame parameter from emacs

[Jan D.]

Thierry Volpiatto skrev 2011-05-03 07:27:
> Hi all,
> since last version of ubuntu (11.04) modification of alpha frame
> parameter with e.g:
>
> (modify-frame-parameters nil (list (cons 'alpha 80)))
>
> have no effect.
>
> However it is working fine when set in .Xressources.
>
> The xorg version is 1.10 (not sure as i am not on updated machine, verify).

What does the line in .Xresources look like?
It is possible that the resource changed in Ubuntu 11.04.

        Jan D.