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#1 2008-07-09 01:35:41

archdave
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Compiz-fusion, KDE3 and Firefox3 [Solved]

Recently installed Compiz-fusion in KDE3 per the wiki entry.

Am impressed with it so far, it seems more stable, has more features, etc.

One problem, however, is that Firefox3 when opened has no title-bar and is maximized covering the kicker.
(aur/firefox3-rc-es 1-1)

My only work around to this so far is to open Firefox3 in its own desktop.

Anyone else seen this and have the fix?

Last edited by archdave (2008-08-06 17:54:29)


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#2 2008-07-09 11:55:30

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Re: Compiz-fusion, KDE3 and Firefox3 [Solved]

Hmm, now firefox3 won't play flash..wtf?

And now we also have several Firefox 3 packages?
extra/firefox
aur/bin32-firefox
aur/firefox-branded

What's going on here?
Which one works with which flash plugin?

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#3 2008-07-09 12:07:45

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Re: Compiz-fusion, KDE3 and Firefox3 [Solved]

For x86_64, I find that running flash with nspluginwrapper is better than trying to get the 32-bit firefox and all plugins working. This + icedtea6 provides both flash and java for 64-bit browsers.

Oh, and if you go the nspluginwrapper route I'd definitely suggest that you use the Flash 10 plugin instead of the one from AUR. It's much more stable here than Flash 9 ever was.

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#4 2008-07-09 14:54:18

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Re: Compiz-fusion, KDE3 and Firefox3 [Solved]

'firefox' is the one you probably the one you want, if you use nspluginwrapper
'bin32-firefox' is, like it says, the 32bit version of firefox. It should work with flash without nspluginwrapper.(?)
'firefox-branded' is probably the same as 'firefox', but with all of Mozilla's branding (The firefox name and logo)

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#5 2008-07-10 02:18:16

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Re: Compiz-fusion, KDE3 and Firefox3 [Solved]

Yeah, ok, I tried it again today and flash is fixed now.  These Arch devs are pretty good about fixing major problems fast.

Still have the problem where FF3 opens up full screen without title bar, tho, when using Compiz-fusion.

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#6 2008-07-10 07:48:04

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Re: Compiz-fusion, KDE3 and Firefox3 [Solved]

archdave wrote:

Still have the problem where FF3 opens up full screen without title bar, tho, when using Compiz-fusion.

I'm having the same problem using FF3 from extra and compiz-fusion-git from http://compiz.dreamz-box.de

PS: No need to open it in a different desktop. Move your mouse to the top right edge of your screen, click on a different window than firefox and then right click on the firefox button on the kicker and uncheck Full screen.

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#7 2008-07-10 14:24:01

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Re: Compiz-fusion, KDE3 and Firefox3 [Solved]

axel wrote:
archdave wrote:

Still have the problem where FF3 opens up full screen without title bar, tho, when using Compiz-fusion.

I'm having the same problem using FF3 from extra and compiz-fusion-git from http://compiz.dreamz-box.de

PS: No need to open it in a different desktop. Move your mouse to the top right edge of your screen, click on a different window than firefox and then right click on the firefox button on the kicker and uncheck Full screen.

Well, yes that does fix my problem, but darn if I know how FF3 got into Full Screen Mode in the first place.  Strange too, cause it really didn't appear to be the in full screen mode, but doing that sure did make it behave properly afterwards.  Thanks again.


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