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nasigoreng

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Registered: 2006-10-06

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xfce4 compositor missing [solved]

I must be doing something wrong but I can't see it.
I am running xfce4-svn and so far I love it. However I have no compositor in the settings manager under window-manager-tweaks.

xfwm4 -V gives me:

This is xfwm4 version 4.3.99.2 (revision 24006) for Xfce 4.3.99.2
        Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
        Compiled against GTK+-2.10.6, using GTK+-2.10.6.

        Build configuration and supported features:
        - Startup notification support:                 Yes
        - XSync support:                                Yes
        - Render support:                               Yes
        - Xrandr support:                               Yes
        - Embedded compositor:                          Yes
        - KDE systray proxy (deprecated):               No

As outlined here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Usi … _extension  my xorg.conf file contains:
Section "Device"
    Identifier  "gforce2mx"
    Driver      "nvidia"

    Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
    Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
     Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

It looks like everything is ok in Xorg.0.log

Why is there no compositor tab? I think I'm going to go crazy!

dolby

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Re: xfce4 compositor missing [solved]

it should be in xfce4 settings-window manager settings-last tab

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Kenetixx

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Re: xfce4 compositor missing [solved]

WHat graphics drivers are you using? I noticed it doesnt work on Vesa and the like in xorg

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nasigoreng

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Registered: 2006-10-06

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Re: xfce4 compositor missing [solved]

it should be in xfce4 settings-window manager settings-last tab

Style, Keyboard, Focus and Advanced are the only tabs there so I'm assuming something is not working.

WHat graphics drivers are you using? I noticed it doesnt work on Vesa and the like in xorg

You mean the nvidia driver?

I did some more poking around: there is a file ~/.config/xfce4/mcs_settings/wmtweeks.xml which contains a line:
option name="Xfwm/UseCompositing" type="int" value="0"
That looks suspicious but I don't know what to do about it...

xerverius

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Re: xfce4 compositor missing [solved]

You should remove (not needed by xfwm4):

Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"

And add:

Option "AllowCompositeWithGLX" "true"

xerverius

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Re: xfce4 compositor missing [solved]

That should be
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"

baze

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Registered: 2005-10-30

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Re: xfce4 compositor missing [solved]

it should be in xfce4 settings-window manager settings-last tab

no, it's the last tab in window manager _tweaks_

nasigoreng

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Registered: 2006-10-06

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Re: xfce4 compositor missing [solved]

That should be
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"

Thanks xerverius, now this option is being used.
I'm not sure where to look to find why this isn't working.

it should be in xfce4 settings-window manager settings-last tab

no, it's the last tab in window manager _tweaks_

It's not showing up. I have Cycling, Focus, Accessibility, Workspaces, and a Placement tab.

nasigoreng

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Re: xfce4 compositor missing [solved]

Does xfwm4 have a Verbose mode or something to tell me just what is starting up?

nasigoreng

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Re: xfce4 compositor missing [solved]

After triple checking everything. I got a hunch and logged into a guest account and sure enough the compositor was there!

I got it working on my own account after an aggressive cull of dot and config files from previous installations that seem to breed quite prolifically.

As to which specific file was the culprit I can only guess...

I hope this helps someone.