Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:11:18 +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: <47AA2276.9010702@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <47AA1F1C.3090406@otenet.gr> References: <47A3A689.9060705@optonline.net> <47A7DC86.3020600@optonline.net> <47A8048B.20502@otenet.gr> <200802052201.58355.ejcerejo@optonline.net> <47AA1F1C.3090406@otenet.gr>
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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.
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