Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:59:00 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: "E. J. Cerejo" <ejcerejo@optonline.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiz-fusion article Message-ID: <47ABFDB4.6060705@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <200802072048.37967.ejcerejo@optonline.net> References: <47A3A689.9060705@optonline.net> <200802052201.58355.ejcerejo@optonline.net> <47A93C6C.8050003@otenet.gr> <200802072048.37967.ejcerejo@optonline.net>
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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 don't know about KDE, but I am using compiz-fusion (manually) in gnome >> without having installed ubuntulooks. >> Thanks for your investigation and feedback. If you come up with a >> complete set of settings, I will update the article. >> > > The only way to fix gnome and get the settings to save was to delete the user > and recreate it again. I found out what causes compiz to act weird like this > is when you try to run compiz with different options than the ones you gave > me. If that happens than you have to recreate the user account. Deleting > the .config directory is not enough, don't know why. > > Do not forget to update your article by adding the "&" at the end of the > compiz and emerald commands. If they get run without "&" sign at the end, > compiz will start acting weird on you. > > Thanks for your help, it's working very well now. > Thanks, I just updated the article, you may want to have a look at it again. Quick link here: http://store.itsyourftp.com/~sonic2000gr/freebsd/compiz-fusion/article.html I added the "&" and the script for GNOME. I found out compiz-fusion saves setting in gconf, if you have it compiled with "gconf support" (like I did). My guess is if this is not selected, it will use the .compizconfig folder. I have not tested this though (but maybe will recompile just to see). It is quite possible that deleting the apps/compiz key in gconf will restore any weird behaviour, instead of actually recreating the user.
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