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shak

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Registered: 2009-03-16

Posts: 405

Compiz standalone , compiz-deskmenu , docky don't work

Hi everyone !

This is the procedure i followed

installed compiz-fusion
             compiz-deksmenu
              docky

And then added to my .xinitrc

exec ck-launch-session compiz ccp
docky &

But i can't access the deskmenu and basically i can't do anything because neither the dockey is appeared .

I did try compiz-deskmenu-autoconfig but i get an error message about python

What should i do ?

singenbale

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Registered: 2010-10-01

Posts: 33

Re: Compiz standalone , compiz-deskmenu , docky don't work

you need to put "docky &" or whatever application you need to autostart before (that is above) "exec ck-launch-session compiz ccp" in .xinitrc as:

docky &
exec ck-launch-session compiz ccp

That way compiz will be the one sustaining x and ending compiz will end x.
If you want it otherwise put an & in .xinitrc as:

 exec-ck-launch-session compiz ccp &
docky

This will enable you to end compiz without ending X because now docky will be sustaining X and ending docky will end X.
If you want to start docky after starting compiz but want compiz to mantain X, do this in .xinitrc:

(sleep 5 && docky) &
exec-ck-launch-sesssion compiz ccp

Also see this:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_Manager

shak

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Registered: 2009-03-16

Posts: 405

Re: Compiz standalone , compiz-deskmenu , docky don't work

Thanks for the reply , but the thing is that when i try to run docky , or dockbarx wihtin X nothing happens .

The only panel i can run is gnome-panel . I don't know what is the issue . Do i need to configure something in order to run the docky ?

I'm using the ati catalyst drivers

shak

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Registered: 2009-03-16

Posts: 405

Re: Compiz standalone , compiz-deskmenu , docky don't work

Anyone please ?

pogeymanz

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Registered: 2008-03-11

Posts: 1,020

Re: Compiz standalone , compiz-deskmenu , docky don't work

How are you running gnome-panel?

your .xinitrc should look like singenbale said:

docky &
exec ck-launch-session compiz ccp

there are also about a billion posts in the compiz-standalone threads about using compiz-deskmenu as a right-click menu.

Try launching a terminal during the session:

xterm &
exec ck-launch-session compiz ccp

And using that to launch docky and see if it gives you errors.