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abraham10

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[GNOME]+Compiz.How to enable transparency without losing exitBtn?

Hi, I've been trying for the past few days to get transperancy to work but with no luck. I try to enable the desktop cube, opacity and wobbly windows but none of it works. Maybe I'm doing somthing wrong.

this is what I mean:

That is the gnome-terminal with full transparency and yet it just tries to mimic the desktop background and not what I want.

Here is another example:

the awn is suppose to be 3d and it's not. Also it has the 3d-spotline turn affect and it's not workoing aswell

Last edited by abraham10 (2010-06-26 19:10:19)

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Anikom15

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Re: [GNOME]+Compiz.How to enable transparency without losing exitBtn?

If all you want is transparency, then remove compiz and go to the gconf editor, then enable apps > metacity > general > compositing_manager.

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abraham10

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Re: [GNOME]+Compiz.How to enable transparency without losing exitBtn?

check again I edited my original post...

Last edited by abraham10 (2010-06-25 22:52:46)

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abraham10

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Re: [GNOME]+Compiz.How to enable transparency without losing exitBtn?

Well yup you were right about the transparency it fixed the gnome-terminal and awn but I also add transparency to my gnome panel and it didn't fix that.

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sand_man

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Re: [GNOME]+Compiz.How to enable transparency without losing exitBtn?

If I didn't know better I would say that compiz isn't even running. If what Anikom suggested worked then metacity is still the manager. You need to select compiz from the fusion-icon menu.

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abraham10

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Re: [GNOME]+Compiz.How to enable transparency without losing exitBtn?

yup your right now how can I switch it to compiz?

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abraham10

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Re: [GNOME]+Compiz.How to enable transparency without losing exitBtn?

I did fusion-icon --reset in the terminal and it sort of work but I lost the exitt minimizee, and maximize  buttonns and I have a tremendouse lag on the graphics.

Last edited by abraham10 (2010-06-25 23:46:53)

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eldragon

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Re: [GNOME]+Compiz.How to enable transparency without losing exitBtn?

you should start reading the wiki. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compiz

Last edited by eldragon (2010-06-25 23:47:47)

sand_man

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Re: [GNOME]+Compiz.How to enable transparency without losing exitBtn?

Right click on the fusion-icon icon and there is an option to change the window manager.

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abraham10

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Re: [GNOME]+Compiz.How to enable transparency without losing exitBtn?

Whenever I let compiz be my default WM I lose the exit, minimize.. etc bottons and the overall performance goes down.

I have ubuntu installed aswell with compiz completely enabled with cube effects, transparency and everything else, but I don't get as many problems... after some tinkering this is what I have so far:

I know it's not much butI just stuck with metacity as my WM and will postpone Compiz for a while...

Also I did take the time to read the compiz wiki mentioned for the second time. I edited my xorg.conf file just like it said and nothing, I even disabled the check refresh rate in the compiz general settings and switch to manual but no luck.

Last edited by abraham10 (2010-06-26 03:27:45)

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Re: [GNOME]+Compiz.How to enable transparency without losing exitBtn?

Do you have emerald components installed? Try emerald --replace

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abraham10

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Re: [GNOME]+Compiz.How to enable transparency without losing exitBtn?

Yes emerald was installed, this is what pacman says:

pacman -Ss emerald
community/emerald 0.8.4-2 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion-gtk) [installed]
   Emerald window decorator
community/emerald-themes 0.6.0-2 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion-gtk) [installed]
   Themes for emerald

And compiz:

pacman -Ss compiz
community/ccsm 0.8.4-1 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-gtk compiz-fusion-kde) [installed]
   Compizconfig Settings Manager in Python
community/compiz-bcop 0.8.4-1 [installed]
   Compiz option code generator
community/compiz-core 0.8.6-2 (compiz compiz-kde compiz-gtk compiz-fusion) [installed]
   Composite manager for Aiglx and Xgl
community/compiz-decorator-gtk 0.8.6-2 (compiz compiz-kde compiz-gtk compiz-fusion) [installed]
   Compiz decorator for GNOME
community/compiz-decorator-kde 0.8.6-2 (compiz compiz-kde compiz-gtk compiz-fusion) [installed]
   Compiz decorator for KDE
community/compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.8.6-1 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-gtk compiz-fusion-kde) [installed]
   Compiz Fusion Extra plugins
community/compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.8.6-1 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion-gtk) [installed]
   Compiz Fusion Main plugins
community/compiz-manager 0.6.0-3
   Compiz Fusion Starter Program
community/compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.8.4-1 (compiz-fusion-gtk compiz-fusion) [installed]
   Compizconfig backend for gconf
community/compizconfig-backend-kconfig 0.8.4-1 (compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion) [installed]
   Compizconfig backend for kconfig
community/compizconfig-python 0.8.4-1 [installed]
   Compizconfig bindings for python
community/emerald 0.8.4-2 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion-gtk) [installed]
   Emerald window decorator
community/emerald-themes 0.6.0-2 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion-gtk) [installed]
   Themes for emerald
community/fusion-icon 20091023-1 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion-gtk) [installed]
   Simple tray icon for compiz
community/libcompizconfig 0.8.4-2 [installed]
   Compiz configuration system library

Fusion:

pacman -Ss fusion
community/ccsm 0.8.4-1 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-gtk compiz-fusion-kde) [installed]
   Compizconfig Settings Manager in Python
community/compiz-core 0.8.6-2 (compiz compiz-kde compiz-gtk compiz-fusion) [installed]
   Composite manager for Aiglx and Xgl
community/compiz-decorator-gtk 0.8.6-2 (compiz compiz-kde compiz-gtk compiz-fusion) [installed]
   Compiz decorator for GNOME
community/compiz-decorator-kde 0.8.6-2 (compiz compiz-kde compiz-gtk compiz-fusion) [installed]
   Compiz decorator for KDE
community/compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.8.6-1 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-gtk compiz-fusion-kde) [installed]
   Compiz Fusion Extra plugins
community/compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.8.6-1 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion-gtk) [installed]
   Compiz Fusion Main plugins
community/compiz-manager 0.6.0-3
   Compiz Fusion Starter Program
community/compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.8.4-1 (compiz-fusion-gtk compiz-fusion) [installed]
   Compizconfig backend for gconf
community/compizconfig-backend-kconfig 0.8.4-1 (compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion) [installed]
   Compizconfig backend for kconfig
community/emerald 0.8.4-2 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion-gtk) [installed]
   Emerald window decorator
community/emerald-themes 0.6.0-2 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion-gtk) [installed]
   Themes for emerald
community/fusion-icon 20091023-1 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion-gtk) [installed]
   Simple tray icon for compiz

Last edited by abraham10 (2010-06-26 18:17:03)

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abraham10

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Re: [GNOME]+Compiz.How to enable transparency without losing exitBtn?

Also I tried installing compiz-manager which was not installed. Then I ran it in term and got this:

compiz-manager
Checking for Xgl: not present.
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 00:02.0 0300: 8086:a011 (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1024x600) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed.
Checking for nVidia: not present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Starting emerald
/usr/bin/compiz (cube) - Warn: Failed to load slide: freedesktop

Last edited by abraham10 (2010-06-26 18:29:08)

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