Hello, I'm trying to use Picom with XFCE on Arch, but soon after launching it my whole system freezes until i stop it. Soon after freezing it will often also log me out. My system only supports OpenGL 2.1 so i use it with Xrender. Here are the diagnostics:
**Version:** v13 (/srcdest/picom revision d87a5ba)
### X extensions:
* GLX: present
* Present: present
* RandR: present
* Shape: present
* Sync: present
### Misc:
* Use Overlay: No
* Config file specified: None
* Config file used: /etc/xdg/picom.conf
### Drivers (inaccurate):
modesetting
[ 23. 02. 2026 00:50:18.517 glx_init ERROR ] Failed to get GLX context.
Cannot initialize backend glx
[ 23. 02. 2026 00:50:18.519 egl_init WARN ] The egl backend is still experimental, use with care.
[ 23. 02. 2026 00:50:18.538 egl_init ERROR ] Failed to get EGL context: 0x3009
Cannot initialize backend egl
Here are the logs:
picom.log
Hello, I'm trying to use Picom with XFCE on Arch, but soon after launching it my whole system freezes until i stop it. Soon after freezing it will often also log me out. My system only supports OpenGL 2.1 so i use it with Xrender. Here are the diagnostics:
Here are the logs:
picom.log