[solved] how to install compiz on xfce4

xabit · 2013-12-31 07:10:04

hey achusers!

i was searching how to install compiz on xfce4.. i found many post in the forum like https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 9#p1302309 but it is not up to date!

some packages on this thread are not provided in the aur or out of date!

i installed all packages needed even out of date and it is not working..

i even change the graficdrivers to propetary-drivers and nothing changed..

i typed compiz --replace and it starts without window-titlebar and compiz is not reacting to the configuration on the ccsm..

i hope somebody have a solution for this..

greez

xabit

Last edited by xabit (2014-11-11 22:39:05)

hydrosIII · 2013-12-31 07:21:55

Compiz is not being developed anymore, it is just dead. However i have it in xfce4, but it crashes sometimes. I just use it ocassionally for fun.

You can install it putting this in your pacman.conf

Server= http://arm.konnichi.com/2013/02/05/community/os/x86_64/
SigLevel = Never

This will bring back compiz from the grave. You can install all necesarry packages from there. Maybe some more from the AUR, i dont know.
just instal it as per wiki, and then disable that line, otherwise your system will be broken.
For now it is working for me, but i think i will break one day or another.
As i said i only use it when ther people is around, to show them the cube. But it is not ( at least for m) for everyday use.

That said, thare are other DE that are providing compiz-like animations like KDE or Cinnamon (the ones i know)

Enjoy.

xabit · 2013-12-31 07:37:22

Thank you for your reply hydroslll!

its bad to hear that compiz is dead..
i will look at what you post and thank you for the alternatives..

thanks

xabit

easysid · 2013-12-31 09:37:10

AFAIK, you cannot use compiz together with xfwm. However, it is easy to keep parts of the xfce desktop (thunar, panel etc), and use them with compiz. Take a look at the compiz archwiki.
You can launch compiz and use the other programs with it.
As for titlebars, that needs a decorator. Either gtk decorator (keep gtk theme uniformity) or the emerald decorator (more eyecandy). You'd need to set the decorator in the settings.

Last edited by easysid (2013-12-31 09:40:16)

aaditya · 2013-12-31 10:40:35

There's a package compiz-xfce in the AUR.

ewaller · 2013-12-31 16:39:06

Is there an issue with the instructions in this wiki article?

GottZ · 2014-01-03 12:54:21

well.. i've installed compiz ages ago but it still runs.

i've choosen compiz so i could use blur behind windows.

this is what my result was looking like: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/445 … -22-39.png

today i dont use blur anymore but just have compiz still running because i like some of its plugins like enhanced zoom desktop, wobby windows, grid (to use it like a flat wm), application switching that looks like windows vista+ win + tab and others..

i cannot remember well how i installed it but this is how it runs and what problems i had:

when i installed compiz, it had no configuration so i was forced to install ccsm and set up everything manually.

i use xdm to initiate my session. before i had gdm running in the past but for performance / bloating / gpu driver setting reasons i switched to xdm.

to get xdm running i had to insert the following lines into my .xinitrc:
xhost +localhost
exec startxfce4

within the xfce4 settings for session and startbehavior i added this application starter:
compiz --replace ccp

since i had to configure ccsm myself i just added emerald --replace as command to the window decoration setting inside ccsm.
i configured emerald so i had a theme and shadow, i had to choose an xfce4 theme for the windows content and voila. the basic system was running fine.

you need to keep in mind to enable stuff like "move windows" etc. inside ccsm or else you cannot move or resize any window by using your mouse.

well thats basicly how i've configured it. maybe it helps.
no i am not telling you to do the same. today i'd use xfce, openbox and compton i guess but i'm just to lazy to switch while compiz + xfce + emerald still works fine for me.
since i use that configuration on my laptop that i use for daily work i'd not want to risk to break its current configuration.

David Batson · 2014-01-03 14:34:40

I have compiz installed with XFCE4, and working rather nicely.

[root@myhost ~]# pacman -Q fusion-icon
fusion-icon 1:0.1-2
[root@myhost ~]# pacman -Q emerald
emerald 0.8.8-2
[root@myhost ~]# pacman -Q ccsm
ccsm 0.8.4-4
[root@myhost ~]# pacman -Q compiz-core
compiz-core 0.8.8-5

I am using fusion-icon from the following bug report.
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/34892#comment109074

I am using emerald from Aur.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/emerald

I am using ccsm from Aur.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ccsm/

I am using compiz and compiz-core from Aur (don't see compiz installed as a package with pacman, but I do have the binary).
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compiz/

I launch fusion-icon using method 3 in the archwiki for Compiz.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compiz#Method_3

EDITED

Last edited by David Batson (2014-01-03 14:44:26)

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[solved] how to install compiz on xfce4

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