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ninjaprawn

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 485

Compiz-Fusion on its own!

hi,

has anyone looked into using compiz-fusion as a standalone WM??? im just having a mess around with the idea! i will report my results as I go!

in the mean time, feel free to put any ideas or suggestions for me on here!

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2007 - Started using Arch Linux as my only/main OS
- Samsung Series 3, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz - 8Gb DDR3 ram - 700Gb HDD
On board intel Graphics & Sound

iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: Compiz-Fusion on its own!

I remember seeing a thread sometime ago that talked about standalone compiz-fusion. Have you searched the forum?

archlinuxsagi

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Registered: 2008-09-12

Posts: 259

Re: Compiz-Fusion on its own!

so.. it will not be running without gnome, kde, etc.. etc.??? interesting..

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: Compiz-Fusion on its own!

Compiz fusion is very usable as a standalone WM:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=51282

ninjaprawn

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 485

Re: Compiz-Fusion on its own!

yeah, no de, just compiz as a wm!! should be fun! struggling at the minute with it tho!

fwojciec; thanks for that link! i have been playing with a lot of wm's recently, and new most of that already! i have got compiz up and running, just not useable!!

main issues at the mo;-
1./ no decoration!
2./ no mouse cursor, just an X
3./ no menu
4./ no keybindings!
5./ no effects

what i have done so far;-

pacman -S compiz-fusion

changed my ~/xinitrc to;

tint &
stalonetray -w &
exec compiz --replace ccp & emerald --replace

added the following to my screen section of my xorg.conf

Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"

then isnstalled a menu;

pacman -S compiz-deskmenu

after all this, i restarted X, it all fired up, except tint. I then opened up ccsm from the compiz icon in my tray, and had no decoration, but set a few keybindings, followed the wiki on this subject to bind the menu, but nothing!!!!!!!!

Last edited by ninjaprawn (2008-11-14 20:46:51)

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2007 - Started using Arch Linux as my only/main OS
- Samsung Series 3, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz - 8Gb DDR3 ram - 700Gb HDD
On board intel Graphics & Sound

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: Compiz-Fusion on its own!

Just for reference.  This is my .xinitrc:

exec start-fusion.sh

And this is the start-fusion.sh script that starts everything:

#!/bin/sh

# D-bus                                                                                                       
if which dbus-launch >/dev/null && test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then                                  
       eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`                                                     
fi 

nvidia-settings -l 
nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2 -a GlyphCache=1

export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome
export DE=xfce

eval `cat ~/.fehbg`
urxvtd -o -q -f&
thunar --daemon&
glipper-old&
xfce4-panel&
xbindkeys
fusion-icon

Maybe that'll give you some ideas...

ninjaprawn

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 485

Re: Compiz-Fusion on its own!

@fwojciec

hmmm, thanks, whats that dbus bit all about? ill be back in a min!

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2007 - Started using Arch Linux as my only/main OS
- Samsung Series 3, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz - 8Gb DDR3 ram - 700Gb HDD
On board intel Graphics & Sound

ninjaprawn

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 485

Re: Compiz-Fusion on its own!

im back, same problem! i thought this bit below may have solved it!!

if which dbus-launch >/dev/null && test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then                                 
       eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`                                                     
fi

quick question fwojciec, how many x-servers du run at once? i know this was an issue a long time ago, that because i run my tv out as a separate x, compiz wouldnt work! i thout the issue had been fixed though!

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2007 - Started using Arch Linux as my only/main OS
- Samsung Series 3, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz - 8Gb DDR3 ram - 700Gb HDD
On board intel Graphics & Sound

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: Compiz-Fusion on its own!

how many x-servers du run at once?

Just one.

calle

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-11-14

Posts: 45

Re: Compiz-Fusion on its own!

hej,

i'm experimenting with compiz-fusion as standalone as well. my first concern is, how do i change the window-color? i mean emerald is just doing fine giving me fancy windowborders, but that's no use if the window-inside is ugly grey. so do you know what or who is responsible for coloring up my windows? or did i just miss the option somewhere?

EDIT:
ok i found out by myself, sorry for bothering. having gtk and glib installed you can use gtk-themes by creating  ~/.gtkrc-2.0 and paste:
include "PATH/TO/THEME/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"

Last edited by calle (2008-11-18 16:12:18)