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eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

Posts: 1,029

Re: Compiz slow startup

For some reason compiz does not register with the session-manager if you don't explicitly pass is the session id.

To solve that, use a wrapper, or in /usr/share/applications/compiz.desktop change the exec line to

Exec=bash -c 'compiz ccp decoration --sm-client-id $DESKTOP_AUTOSTART_ID'

this fixes it for me... nice call

Stunts

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2009-03-28

Posts: 339

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Re: Compiz slow startup

For some reason compiz does not register with the session-manager if you don't explicitly pass is the session id.

To solve that, use a wrapper, or in /usr/share/applications/compiz.desktop change the exec line to

Exec=bash -c 'compiz ccp decoration --sm-client-id $DESKTOP_AUTOSTART_ID'

Thank you for your tip, but unfortunately it had no effect for me.
I have additionally tried the following:
Go to gconf-editor and under "/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowsmanager" tried the default - "gnome-wm", then changed to "compiz" and finally to an empty string.
In order to start compiz with an empty string in that entry, I created the following bash script (based on your suggestion):

#!/bin/bash
bash -c 'compiz ccp decoration --sm-client-id $DESKTOP_AUTOSTART_ID'

And I placed it on the list of startup applications for the session.
The time from GDM to desktop is always the same (11 secs timed using a stopwatch) from a reboot.
Nevertheless, when I just logout and login again, I get a 2 sec login regardelss of how compiz is started.
I'm also using readahead, so this shouldn't be happening at all, right?
Do you have any further tips?

jarryson

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Registered: 2007-02-18

Posts: 298

Re: Compiz slow startup

i find out that "X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=WindowManager" should be removed. or it will cause gnome-session warning "Application 'compiz.desktop' failed to register before timeout"

and i changed the exec line to "Exec=compiz ccp decoration --sm-client-id $DESKTOP_AUTOSTART_ID" and that solved my problem.

startup just as fast as only use metacity.

grandmasterb

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-03-12

Posts: 26

Re: Compiz slow startup

here's workaround if none of above doesn't work for you:

gconf-editor ->  clear  key: /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager
add "compiz ccp" to sturtup programs