From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 6 20:57:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A49216A46B for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:57:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from kane.otenet.gr (kane.otenet.gr [195.170.0.77]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BF4313C4F8 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:57:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from aquarius.dyndns.org (athedsl-365503.home.otenet.gr [87.202.155.148]) by kane.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m16Kv0kQ031054; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:57:01 +0200 Message-ID: <47AA1F1C.3090406@otenet.gr> Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:57:00 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071231) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "E. J. Cerejo" References: <47A3A689.9060705@optonline.net> <47A7DC86.3020600@optonline.net> <47A8048B.20502@otenet.gr> <200802052201.58355.ejcerejo@optonline.net> In-Reply-To: <200802052201.58355.ejcerejo@optonline.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiz-fusion article X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:57:04 -0000 E. J. Cerejo wrote: > I found what the problem was under KDE, in your tutorial you tell us to run > these commands as a regular user: > > compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp > emerald --replace > > I found that both of these commands need a & sign at the end of each of these > commands, which will look like this: > > compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp & > emerald --replace & > > once you run them like this, KDE will stop acting weird and starts functioning > correctly. Now when you restart kde it no longer starts compiz automatically > and you will get all the window borders and you are able to save the settings > using ccsm. > > Which is not the case when running gnome. Once you run these commands, compiz > will work normally just like in KDE but it won't let you save any settings, > another words if you run ccsm it won't let you select or unselect any > plugins. Compiz command might be a little different for gnome. > Gnome will also complain if you run these commands without > installing /usr/ports/x11-themes/ubuntulooks first, once you install this it > will stop complainning. I will try to find out why I can't use ccsm and if I > find out I will let you know. > > > I have tested this as a startup script in Gnome: #! /bin/sh compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp & emerald --replace & I have entered this in "Sessions" as a Startup Program and it works fine. I am also able to change settings with ccsm (which should also be run as the normal user, BTW) and the settings are saved. Now, I don't really know where these are saved, documentation mentions a .compizconfig folder, but I don't have it. I don't have ubuntu-looks installed. I don't have KDE installed on this machine, so can't test with this. Thanks again for your feedback.