"emerald --replace" not doing anything

Duodecillian · 2012-06-03 03:56:18

If I type it in the console. It simply does nothing. Using the compiz fuzion icon takes away gnome, which means I have to reboot. It's mildly frustrating; I'm sure there's something I'm doing wrong.

Dustbin · 2012-06-03 09:09:44

Lease provide some more information, like DE, window manager and what step you have taken to make emerald work.

I have installed compiz/emerald alongside xfce and everything works like a charm...

Duodecillian · 2012-06-03 15:54:30

Sorry, Not a problem.
Desktop Environment: Gnome
Window Manager: Archey doesn't say anything about it, so I suppose I'm using whatever comes packaged with Gnome
Steps I've taken:
I have CompizConfig's window decorations checked and the command set as "emerald --replace"
I've attempted to follow [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaMdT8OYknc ], however, when I type in "compiz --replace" I have to reboot. Because the Gnome environment seems to disappear. Essentially, the exact same thing that happens when I click the Compiz Fuzion Icon.

Last edited by Duodecillian (2012-06-03 15:55:12)

ataraxia · 2012-06-03 16:32:07

Those instructions are for GNOME 2. Unless something big has changed that I didn't see, you can't use compiz with GNOME 3 unless you force it into the "Fallback Mode".

Duodecillian · 2012-06-03 17:01:58

Oh, so should I be removing Compiz from my computer?

ataraxia · 2012-06-03 22:13:13

Probably, unless you would like to try using it instead of GNOME entirely - a super-basic window manager setup. Not really much point in doing that if you just want to get things done and like GNOME, though.

The details on this: GNOME shell (the whole GNOME UI) is implemented as a plugin for GNOME 3's window manager (called mutter). So when you do "compiz --replace", comiz starts and kills off mutter, so the plugin stuff (i.e., the whole interface) goes away, as you saw. mutter also doesn't support something else doing the window decorations, which is why it totally ignores "emerald --replace".

Forgive me if I'm a bit too verbose here - I've had a fair bit of scotch at this point

Duodecillian · 2012-06-03 22:15:19

Ah, so for Gnome 3, I might as well ignore Emerald? Just as well. I just used a GTK theme to get something "close-enough" accomplished.

ataraxia · 2012-06-03 22:23:15

Duodecillian wrote:

Ah, so for Gnome 3, I might as well ignore Emerald? Just as well. I just used a GTK theme to get something "close-enough" accomplished.

Yes, you have it right.

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#1 2012-06-03 03:56:18

"emerald --replace" not doing anything

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