# Adapted from: https://github.com/chrjguill/i3lock-color/commit/d9f2e04bab3c5f2bed674edd085355da255f892b

+++ i3lock.1
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@
 Enables debug logging.
 Note, that this will log the password used for authentication to stdout.
 
+.TP
+.B \-\-no-composite
+Some compositors have problems with i3lock trying to render over them. If you're having graphical problems, try this arg.
+
 .SH DPMS
 
 The \-d (\-\-dpms) option was removed from i3lock in version 2.8. There were
+++ i3lock.c
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@
 bool ignore_empty_password = false;
 bool skip_repeated_empty_password = false;
 
+/* there's some issues with compositing currently. Let's supply an arg to disable it. */
+bool composite = true;
+
 /* isutf, u8_dec © 2005 Jeff Bezanson, public domain */
 #define isutf(c) (((c)&0xC0) != 0x80)
 
@@ -835,6 +838,7 @@
         {"ignore-empty-password", no_argument, NULL, 'e'},
         {"inactivity-timeout", required_argument, NULL, 'I'},
         {"show-failed-attempts", no_argument, NULL, 'f'},
+        {"no-composite", no_argument, NULL, 0},
         {NULL, no_argument, NULL, 0}};
 
     if ((pw = getpwuid(getuid())) == NULL)
@@ -896,6 +900,8 @@
             case 0:
                 if (strcmp(longopts[optind].name, "debug") == 0)
                     debug_mode = true;
+                else if (strcmp(longopts[optind].name, "no-composite") == 0)
+                    composite = false;
                 break;
             case 'f':
                 show_failed_attempts = true;
+++ xcb.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "unlock_indicator.h"
 
 extern auth_state_t auth_state;
+extern bool composite;
 
 xcb_connection_t *conn;
 xcb_screen_t *screen;
@@ -109,26 +110,28 @@
     xcb_window_t win = xcb_generate_id(conn);
     xcb_window_t parent_win = scr->root;
 
-    /* Check whether the composite extension is available */
-    const xcb_query_extension_reply_t *extension_query = NULL;
-    xcb_generic_error_t *error = NULL;
-    xcb_composite_get_overlay_window_cookie_t cookie;
-    xcb_composite_get_overlay_window_reply_t *composite_reply = NULL;
-
-    extension_query = xcb_get_extension_data(conn, &xcb_composite_id);
-    if (extension_query && extension_query->present) {
-        /* When composition is used, we need to use the composite overlay
-         * window instead of the normal root window to be able to cover
-         * composited windows */
-        cookie = xcb_composite_get_overlay_window(conn, scr->root);
-        composite_reply = xcb_composite_get_overlay_window_reply(conn, cookie, &error);
+    if (composite) {
+        /* Check whether the composite extension is available */
+        const xcb_query_extension_reply_t *extension_query = NULL;
+        xcb_generic_error_t *error = NULL;
+        xcb_composite_get_overlay_window_cookie_t cookie;
+        xcb_composite_get_overlay_window_reply_t *composite_reply = NULL;
+
+        extension_query = xcb_get_extension_data(conn, &xcb_composite_id);
+        if (extension_query && extension_query->present) {
+            /* When composition is used, we need to use the composite overlay
+             * window instead of the normal root window to be able to cover
+             * composited windows */
+            cookie = xcb_composite_get_overlay_window(conn, scr->root);
+            composite_reply = xcb_composite_get_overlay_window_reply(conn, cookie, &error);
+
+            if (!error && composite_reply) {
+                parent_win = composite_reply->overlay_win;
+            }
 
-        if (!error && composite_reply) {
-            parent_win = composite_reply->overlay_win;
+            free(composite_reply);
+            free(error);
         }
-
-        free(composite_reply);
-        free(error);
     }
 
     if (pixmap == XCB_NONE) {