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#1 2010-03-06 15:52:10

Octagon
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Registered: 2010-01-16
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[SOLVED] How to turn on composing in KDE?

I installed KDE but I do not see how to turn desktop composing fancy effects on. There is nothing like the Settings top level entry in the main KDE menu. Most likely, I did not install some package, but I cannot figure out which one. Proposals?

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#2 2010-03-06 16:40:14

Primoz
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From: Ljubljana-Slovena-EU
Registered: 2009-03-04
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Re: [SOLVED] How to turn on composing in KDE?

ALT+SHIFT+F12 or go to system settings -> desktop settings and click on turn on desktop effects. Then/or before go to advanced tab and set which effects you wish to use.


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#3 2010-03-07 10:52:51

Octagon
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Re: [SOLVED] How to turn on composing in KDE?

This is the problem. Alt-Sh0ft-f12 does nothing. There is no System Settings. If I remember correctly, it should be in the Computer block in the Launcher, but  there is only RunCommand in the Applications part. Can it be that some part of KDE is not installed? If yes, which one? Or, alternatively, is it possible to verify the KDE installation?

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#4 2010-03-07 10:57:57

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Re: [SOLVED] How to turn on composing in KDE?

Reinstall kde

pacman -S kde

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#5 2010-03-13 12:08:57

Octagon
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Re: [SOLVED] How to turn on composing in KDE?

flamelab wrote:

Reinstall kde

pacman -S kde

This downloaded kdeaccessibility and kdetoys, but did not bring the settings back.

As the last resort, I deleted .kde4 and got the settings back. So, it could be an upgrade problem, or something I did.

So, thinking about the latter option, I let this thread to stay unsolved for a while and wonder:

Is there a normal - through menues and clicks - way to delete "System Settings" from the  Computer tab of the Application Launcher?

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#6 2010-03-13 16:36:27

pointone
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Re: [SOLVED] How to turn on composing in KDE?

It's not under the Computer menu. Right-click your launcher and select "Application Launcher Menu Settings" and check the "System Settings" box.

Alternatively, Run Command (Alt+F2) > "System Settings".


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#7 2010-03-13 17:03:38

Primoz
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From: Ljubljana-Slovena-EU
Registered: 2009-03-04
Posts: 688

Re: [SOLVED] How to turn on composing in KDE?

Also which graphic card and driver you use?
KDE could have problems with it. With nVidia I saw a lot of users solve their problems with upgrading to nvidia-beta from AUR.
I don't know for other cards and drivers...


Arch x86_64 ATI AMD APU KDE frameworks 5
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Whatever I do, I always end up with something horribly mis-configured.

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