From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 6 21:11:23 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 2B86616A46B for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:11:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from aiolos.otenet.gr (aiolos.otenet.gr [195.170.0.93]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A2D913C45E for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:11:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from aquarius.dyndns.org (athedsl-365503.home.otenet.gr [87.202.155.148]) by aiolos.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m16LBIxl027318; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:11:19 +0200 Message-ID: <47AA2276.9010702@otenet.gr> Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:11:18 +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> <47AA1F1C.3090406@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <47AA1F1C.3090406@otenet.gr> 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 21:11:23 -0000 Manolis Kiagias wrote: > > > 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. > Actually just found out there are three different backends for saving settings, according to their wiki: http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/CCSM#head-340a755b8f870831a20b51544a116f6dc4795735 namely gconf, KConfig and flat files (look at the bottom of the page) I have compiled compiz-fusion with gconf support, the settings in gconf-editor are under apps/compiz. You may wish to check what options you used during compilation. I will update the article tomorrow to reflect all this.