Compiz-fusion article

[Manolis Kiagias]

E. J. Cerejo wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 February 2008 01:39:07 Manolis Kiagias wrote:
>   
>> E. J. Cerejo wrote:
>>     
>>> Manolis Kiagias wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Alphons "Fonz" van Werven wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> E. J. Cerejo wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Is there a tutorial on how to configure compiz fusion on FBSD 6.3 /
>>>>>> gnome or fluxbox.
>>>>>>             
>>>>> 1. Use the port/package.
>>>>> 2. Every now and then I see messages fly by in which you can find
>>>>>    exactly which flags/options to use.
>>>>> 3. You are right, there should be documentation...
>>>>>
>>>>> Alphons
>>>>>
>>>>> P.S. I found this stashed in a folder meant for future reference:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Assuming you have already setup you X server for composite, to run
>>>>>> compiz-fusion enter these commands:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (as normal user)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-dekstop-hints ccp &
>>>>>> emerald --replace &
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Credits to Manolis Kiagias :-)
>>>>>           
>>>> Never thought this was such a sought-after feature :)
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, here is a quick article I just wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://store.itsyourftp.com/~sonic2000gr/freebsd/compiz-fusion/article.h
>>>> tml
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Your feedback is welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Manolis
>>>>         
>>> I have it working now but there are two issues that I seem not to be
>>> able to solve.  First compiz will start when x starts but emerald
>>> won't start and I get no window borders and can't move them.  Solution
>>> is to open the terminal window and run emerald --replace &.  Second
>>> issue is with compiz, I open ccsm to configure my 3d effects but they
>>> won't get saved, it will let me select them or unselect them but once
>>> I close ccsm and run it again every change is gone and the defaults
>>> are back.  Any Ideas?  Do the users have to be members of a special
>>> group?
>>>       
>> I run compiz by hand, I don't need it on all the time. I will
>> investigate these and get back to you.
>>
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>
> 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.