Compiz fusion with plugins but no emerald.

ikithme · 2008-10-08 23:42:48

Desktop: GNOME

So I'm having trouble with compiz fusion! I have never ever had trouble getting this baby to work but now here I am. So I installed everything except emerald and did a metacity --replace in the place of emerald --replace but doing so disables all of compiz and when i switch to compiz which enables plugin my window deco goes away. My question is how do I get my window deco to stay and same with plugins WITHOUT emerald?

konni · 2008-10-09 11:51:48

you need to install the 'compiz-decorator-gtk' package. works fine with 'fusion-icon'...

ikithme · 2008-10-11 06:15:42

How does ubuntu run metacity and compiz fusion? I really don't want to change my deco.

pseup · 2008-10-11 06:23:56

Metacity and Compiz don't run simultaneously, they are both window managers. As konni says, install the compiz-decorator-gtk package and set the decorator plugin to load it, that will give you Metacity decorations for Compiz.

HydroDiOxide · 2008-10-14 13:29:52

sorry to bump this.

I'm trying to use metacity decorations as well. gtk-window-decorations --replace succesfully replaces my emerald theme while maintaining the windows effects. However, it gives my Cairo window decorations which I can't change. I looked for the /apps/gwd/use_metacity_theme key in gconf. It wasn't there by default but I was able to add it and set it to true. This removes the Cairo window decorations, but leaves me with no decorations instead. I would like the Alduin gtk/metacity theme, but I can get it to work with compiz.

Any suggestions?

appye · 2008-10-22 20:59:13

I got it working by running the following command:

gconftool-2 --install-schema-file /usr/share/gconf/schemas/gwd.schemas

I did this as my regular user and not as root. I don't know what would have been the proper one to use though. This added the /apps/gwd section to gconf, enabling it made the decorations disappear for me as well. I reloaded compiz and everything worked just fine.

I am wondering if I should file a bug on this. Aren't these schemas files supposed to be installed by pacman or something? I am brand new to archlinux so I don't know if this was intended, although I don't see why this would be...

EDIT: I posted a bug at http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11855 ... apparently, this has been fixed in compiz-decorator-gtk 0.7.8-4

Last edited by appye (2008-10-22 23:07:23)

HydroDiOxide · 2008-10-28 19:44:18

Yep! Great it works fine with my 0.7.8-4 as well!

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#1 2008-10-08 23:42:48

Compiz fusion with plugins but no emerald.

#2 2008-10-09 11:51:48

Re: Compiz fusion with plugins but no emerald.

#3 2008-10-11 06:15:42

Re: Compiz fusion with plugins but no emerald.

#4 2008-10-11 06:23:56

Re: Compiz fusion with plugins but no emerald.

#5 2008-10-14 13:29:52

Re: Compiz fusion with plugins but no emerald.

#6 2008-10-22 20:59:13

Re: Compiz fusion with plugins but no emerald.

#7 2008-10-28 19:44:18

Re: Compiz fusion with plugins but no emerald.

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