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fredp

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From: Italy

Registered: 2005-08-11

Posts: 30

And Metacity composite manager?

In Gnome 2.16 release notes they say that, if enabled, metacity provides new effects as real transparency for the terminal.

First of all: is that true?
Then, is Archlinux's Metacity compiled with that option enabled?
In the end, How do I get those effects? I tried enabling /apps/metacity/general/compositor-manager with gconf but nothing changed.

I can't use Beryl as it completely freezes my system as soon as I start beryl-manager. (btw, what was that magic key combo other than ctrl-alt-backspace to reset the system?)

Thank you all

Archlinux rocks

Phrodo_00

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From: Seattle, WA

Registered: 2006-04-09

Posts: 342

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Re: And Metacity composite manager?

you have to recompile it with the -with-composite-manager option or something like that. I'd advise you to edit the pkgbuild from as bs to build it that way.

fredp

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From: Italy

Registered: 2005-08-11

Posts: 30

Re: And Metacity composite manager?

Downloading the source... waiting for the poor 56k :oops:

However, what kind of effects do I get then?

hjorthboggild

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2005-11-05

Posts: 89

Re: And Metacity composite manager?

Has someone actually tried this and got it working?

Regards,
Simon

fredp

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From: Italy

Registered: 2005-08-11

Posts: 30

Re: And Metacity composite manager?

With --enable-compositor makepkg hangs with

checking for METACITY... configure: error: Package requirements (gtk+-2.0 >= 2.10.0 pango >= 1.2.0 gconf-2.0 >= 1.2.0 libstartup-notification-1.0 >= 0.7 xcomposite >= 0.2 xfixes xrender xdamage cm xcursor) were not met.
Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

I am _compiling_ metacity, why is it looking for metacity? :shock:

fredp

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From: Italy

Registered: 2005-08-11

Posts: 30

Re: And Metacity composite manager?

Ok, I have no "cm" of those requirements, and it seems it is nowhere on the net.

So they just promise something that, in the end, doesn't exists?
[flame mode]Are they doing like those KDE guys with the super-ultra-extra-hyper-magic-incredible plasma? [/flame]

fredp

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From: Italy

Registered: 2005-08-11

Posts: 30

Re: And Metacity composite manager?

Ok, let's forget any hope:

checking Xcomposite >= 0.2... yes
Not building compositing manager by default now, must enable explicitly to get it. And it doesn't work, so don't bother unless you want to hack on it...
Building without compositing manager

This is a message from ./configure withouth --enable-compositor. Quite clear, but I just wander why they publicized (though saying "experimental") something that still doesn't exists. :?

rezza

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From: Edinburgh, uk

Registered: 2004-07-08

Posts: 237

Re: And Metacity composite manager?

Ok, let's forget any hope:

checking Xcomposite >= 0.2... yes
Not building compositing manager by default now, must enable explicitly to get it. And it doesn't work, so don't bother unless you want to hack on it...
Building without compositing manager

This is a message from ./configure withouth --enable-compositor. Quite clear, but I just wander why they publicized (though saying "experimental") something that still doesn't exists. :?

It does exist. I've compiled it with --enable-compositor (it needs libcm which is available from gnome cvs) but when I ran it it made all my windows completely plain blue. However, they did have shadows and looked like they would have been all smooth and nice if they had shown up properly

Basically it's broken at the moment, don't bother with it.