Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:37:29 -0400 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@2hip.net> To: Yousif Hassan <yousif@alumni.jmu.edu> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Starting compiz on KDE 3.5 , Xorg 7.2 Message-ID: <1188524249.1234.33.camel@rnoland-ibm.acs.internap.com> In-Reply-To: <9836E798CA834A87985EBAFDC82EF3E6@kamino> References: <9836E798CA834A87985EBAFDC82EF3E6@kamino>
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--=-FxltSQQzzGouBEksvlhj Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 18:30 -0400, Yousif Hassan wrote: > Sereno Ternullo <serenoternullo@virgilio.it> wrote: >=20 > > Hi folks, > > after a painful process I've upgraded my xorg to 7.2. > > I'm running FreeBSD 6.2 > > > > My nvidia driver seems to work fine, > > glxgears run now pretty fast. > > > > I've installed x11-wm/compiz. > > > > After logging into my KDE session, I type > > > > $ compiz --display :0 --replace gconf decoration wobbly fade minimize c= ube > > rotate zoom move resize place scale switcher water & > > $ kde-window-decorator > > > > Compiz starts, but it seems I don't jave any kde-window-decorator and m= y > > windows remain without borders. > > > > Am I missing anything ? >=20 > I just tried the latest compiz (0.5.2) and experienced the same issue, > using KDE 3.5.7. >=20 > I researched the issue somewhat, and here is what I think I know: > Compiz was originally pretty intrinsically tied to GNOME. Although > this is no longer the case, most of the Linux distros that use Compiz > with KDE install an additional package called something like "kde-compiz"= ; > or something like that. This adds additional items that make Compiz > work better with KDE. >=20 > AFAIK, this package is *not* part of the default source tar file for comp= iz. > It's probably this package that installs kde-window-decorator, and I do > not think this package is in ports. >=20 > Maybe Robert Noland, who is maintaining compiz, can shed some light. For the moment, the port does not support KDE. (i.e. I disable it) The 0.6.0 version which should be released shortly has some new KDE integration bits, but I don't have a KDE testing environment at the moment. Patches are happily accepted, but I can't currently test beyond tinderboxing it all to make sure it builds cleanly. > In the meantime, you can try: > - downloading the source for the additional packages from the compiz > websites and trying to compile them yourself >=20 > - running compiz under GNOME (this worked fine for me with the latest > compiz and compiz-fusion - thanks to Roland for porting the latest stuff!= ) > You can use gtk-window-decorator and the 'gconf' plugin to get up and=20 > running. >=20 > - Try Beryl, which is MUCH more user-friendly, at least IMO... it comes > with a GUI for configuring plugins (Beryl Settings Manager) and a GUI > for configuring Beryl itself (Beryl Manager), not to mention its own > window decorator, so you can run it on many desktop envs. Again IMO, > Compiz-Fusion can really use these GUI front-ends from Beryl since > they're now integrating Beryl's plugins and Emerald back into compiz > source - it'd be a good idea to raise this point w/ the devs there. Compiz also has a configuration gui, which I will probably get committed in the next day or so. The big caveat is that enabling/disabling plugins via ccsm is causing compiz to segfault. I don't yet have a solution to that problem, so I still recommend configuring or at least enabling/disabling plugins via gconf editor. robert. > Sorry if this was not more helpful, as I have no direct solution > to offer you on KDE. Again, maybe Robert will know more. >=20 > --Y=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=-FxltSQQzzGouBEksvlhj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBG13DIM4TrQ4qfROMRAlrYAJ4tPp4ku8yoAWdO5T9SaD4nup20sgCffPpA /C3GNAIjXiH4XbogssLrPL4= =YRPd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-FxltSQQzzGouBEksvlhj--
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