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geckoguykc

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Registered: 2009-03-15

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Compiz/Emerald problem in gnome

I tried to install compiz and emerald in gnome, but when I run "compiz --replace" it leaves me with no title bar.

Emerald doesn't work.

casey@lappy486:/home/casey$ emerald --replace
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
/home/casey/.themes/Dust/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:708: Murrine configuration option "highlight_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please use "highlight_shade" instead.
/home/casey/.themes/Dust/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:709: Murrine configuration option "lightborder_ratio" will be deprecated in future releases. Please use "lightborder_shade" instead.

geckoguykc

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Registered: 2009-03-15

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Re: Compiz/Emerald problem in gnome

Is there a way I could configure compiz to just use metacity?

Zyclone

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From: Herndon Va

Registered: 2008-10-28

Posts: 9

Re: Compiz/Emerald problem in gnome

This might seem generic. But is your video card installed, and did you see the wiki page?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compiz_Fusion.

geckoguykc

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Registered: 2009-03-15

Posts: 49

Re: Compiz/Emerald problem in gnome

Yes I have an ATI card run with catalyst. I tried what is on the wiki page. compiz --replace just removes the title bar and keeps me from being able to do anything. I have to restart.

Zyclone

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From: Herndon Va

Registered: 2008-10-28

Posts: 9

Re: Compiz/Emerald problem in gnome

Do

 fglrixinfo | grep direct

This should check to make sure you have direct rendering. Also make sure you have this section appended to your xorg.conf

 Section "DRI"
        Mode         0666
EndSection

This post might also help you out as well: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65403

geckoguykc

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Registered: 2009-03-15

Posts: 49

Re: Compiz/Emerald problem in gnome

DRI is enabled and my xorg.conf is as your example.

Last edited by geckoguykc (2009-03-17 02:38:43)

TiZ

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Registered: 2009-02-27

Posts: 58

Re: Compiz/Emerald problem in gnome

You might need compiz-manager. If when you open menus after doing "compiz --replace" you don't see any animations, then compiz isn't actually running, and you're window manager-less. compiz-manager is a little script that checks for command line options for compiz that your video card needs for it to run properly. It's in community, so just install it with pacman.

geckoguykc

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Registered: 2009-03-15

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Re: Compiz/Emerald problem in gnome

running compiz-manager after compiz --replace just returns me to metacity with no animations. running compiz-manager before compiz --replace just leaves me with no window manager. how exactly should I use this?

BC

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Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 83

Re: Compiz/Emerald problem in gnome

If you had compositing enabled in metacity, disable it.

geckoguykc

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Registered: 2009-03-15

Posts: 49

Re: Compiz/Emerald problem in gnome

How exactly would I disable it? I didn't know there were settings for metacity.

geckoguykc

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Re: Compiz/Emerald problem in gnome

It was resolved by starting compiz with "fusion-icon" instead of "compiz --replace"