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#1 2012-10-03 23:34:46

dsplayer14
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MATE and Compiz. A lot of small problems.

I'm not really asking for just answers to these questions, but a link or 2 in the right direction. So, here is a list of a few problems I am having with compiz:

- Everytime I open a window, no matter what, it is off  my screen and I have to hold down alt to move it. [SOLVED]
- My cursor looks like its from Gnome 1. I don't really like the way it looks. [SOLVED]
- Menus that pop-up when I right-click require me to move my cursor of them to display the options I have.
- When two Compiz plugins conflict, ccsm freezes, and gives me no information on the conflict. [SOLVED]
- When launching Compiz, my desktop icons are either missing or are in different locations
Indeed, they are small problems, but are annoying. If nothing works, I can just go back to the default window manager in MATE. However, I am always open to learning the insides of Arch, even if it takes a couple days for me.

EDIT: I'm adding and solving problems as they appear. I guess the Arch Linux forums isnt the best place to take notes, but who knows? Maybe someone is having the same problems I am. I dunno. I'll roll with it.

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#2 2012-10-04 00:46:22

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Re: MATE and Compiz. A lot of small problems.

Some progress:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xresources
Found this wiki page after some searching and browsing some threads. Does Compiz ues this? I've been trying different things with .Xresources, but nothing is working yet...


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#3 2012-10-04 01:45:14

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Re: MATE and Compiz. A lot of small problems.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=132154
This thread solved my problem with my cursor. Basically make a file in /usr/share/icons/default called "index.theme" and put this in it:

[Icon Theme]
Inherits=insert_icon_theme_here

I also added a symlink to the directory where my icon theme was to /user/share/icons/default. In my scenario, it would have been

ln -s /usr/share/icons/default /usr/share/icons/mate

Again, running MATE with no DM.


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#4 2012-10-04 22:17:50

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Re: MATE and Compiz. A lot of small problems.

Window out of screen problem fixed:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=150054
EDIT:
CCSM feedback window with conflicts was solved after following this thread aswell.

Last edited by dsplayer14 (2012-10-04 22:28:52)


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