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Hey All,
I'm sorry if something like this has been posted before but my googling proved fruitless and I was unable to find something here. (could just be me though )
Anyway:
I am running Gnome and GDM and would like a way to start compiz fusion on startup without having to use fusion-icon as starting metacity, killing it and then starting compiz-fusion seems a very dirty way of going about things.
I've tried several different methods but to no avail.
I was wondering if anybody who has figured this out could help.
many thanks
C
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Just modify the session using the proper GNOME control panel. You'll just need to ensure that fusion-icon is started and then select compiz as the window manager. This should only need to be done once.
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That's not what I was trying to do - I know I can start compiz-fusion with the fusion-icon on starting Gnome.
I was trying to find out if there is a way to start compiz on starting Gnome WITHOUT having to use the fusion-icon in startup programs option as this would have to go through the start metacity/kill metacity/start compiz rigmarole which I feel is unnecessary (I managed to get compiz to start by default - no metacity or fusion-icon - using SLIM as my login manager). Also, it appears I can't start both compiz and avant-dock simultaneously (avant crashes) and it plays merry hell with my Screenlets (they look pixelated).
I looked in the Arch wiki but the bit I was interested in says TO DO (the 'Autostart without Compiz Fusion')
Sorry if I didn't make my query clear enough
many thanks
C
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Your looking for
emerald --replace
or something like that.
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If you first remove metacity from the session task list you won't have this problem.
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If you first remove metacity from the session task list you won't have this problem.
Thanks - but how do you do that? I can't find it in the startup programs and googling around for config files has not really given me anything
thanks
C
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Start metacity and such then when you have metacity running, open the session control preferences, select metacity, drop down the dropdown, select 'normal', apply, remove [metacity], apply. Then head over to the session saver and hit the "save settings" button.
-dav7
Last edited by dav7 (2008-05-25 08:08:10)
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