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#1 2011-02-15 06:21:08

buckiller
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Registered: 2010-04-09
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Start compiz with X in Xfce4

I am trying to set compiz as the default window manager for now and to start when i startx. The way I have it currently things are starting up and start showing up and then it appears that compiz launches. In other words it seems like xfwm is starting and then switching to compiz? I notice because the xfce4 tooltips is still autostarting currently, so I see that window at boot. Is there any sure way to tell?

Below are files of note:

.xinitrc wrote:

#!/bin/zsh
# resources:
#xrdb -load ${HOME}/.Xdefaults

# launch desktop environment
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
#exec ck-launch-session xfce4-session #This results in Applications menu not working...

xfce4-sessions.xml wrote:

  <property name="general" type="empty">
    <property name="FailsafeSessionName" type="string" value="Failsafe"/>
    <property name="SessionName" type="string" value="Default"/>
    <property name="SaveOnExit" type="bool" value="false"/>
  ...
      <property name="Client0_Command" type="array">
        <value type="string" value="fusion-icon"/>
        <value type="string" value="--force-compiz"/>
...

(let it boot up naturally)ps -ef | egrep "xfwm|compiz" | grep -v egrep wrote:

bryan     3097     1  0 23:41 tty1     00:00:00 /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/fusion-icon --force-compiz
bryan     3221  3097  0 23:41 tty1     00:00:01 compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp

(switch to xfwm4 from fusion-icon)ps -ef | egrep "xfwm|compiz" | grep -v egrep wrote:

bryan     3097     1  0 23:41 tty1     00:00:00 /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/fusion-icon --force-compiz
bryan     3767  3097  2 23:51 tty1     00:00:00 xfwm4

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#2 2011-02-15 06:53:47

buckiller
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Registered: 2010-04-09
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Re: Start compiz with X in Xfce4

Also... currently I have conky (and other programs) autostarting from the application autostart in xfce4. Conky stays on top of every window in my current setup... if I kill conky, then start it back again, it will behave as expected.

EDIT: this particular problem is solved, delayed the autostart of conky an additional few seconds to allow compiz to fully start.

Last edited by buckiller (2011-02-15 08:29:50)

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