From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 8 06:59:04 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 3F7E416A41B for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 06:59:04 +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 BC27213C4E7 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 06:59:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from aquarius.dyndns.org (athedsl-84879.home.otenet.gr [87.203.84.221]) by aiolos.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m186x1Kg005685; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 08:59:01 +0200 Message-ID: <47ABFDB4.6060705@otenet.gr> Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:59:00 +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> <200802052201.58355.ejcerejo@optonline.net> <47A93C6C.8050003@otenet.gr> <200802072048.37967.ejcerejo@optonline.net> In-Reply-To: <200802072048.37967.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: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:59:04 -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 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.