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#1 2011-04-12 11:32:48

deF291
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Registered: 2010-12-15
Posts: 15

some minor cairo-compmgr(-git) problems!

Hey everyone.

I've got 3 problems with cairo-compmgr-git, 2 of them also apply to the standard version of cairo-compmgr..

These two would be

1st) I need to start cairo-compmgr(-git) in sudo mode to be able to edit any settings or activate the gui in any way. how do I automatically start the program on startup in sudo mode? I tried editing ~/.fluxbox/startup & ~/.fluxbox/init, even tried adding it in /etc/rc.d/ and /etc/rc.conf in order to start it as a daemon (lol, noob) but none of that worked properly obviously :/ Any ideas? I don't want to start it manually and "waste" a terminal window for that every time I boot.

2nd) I can change opacity (transparency) in both versions only per hotkey, and when I do so the settings don't get saved, they even get reset to normal opacity as soon as another window gets selected. does anybody know if there's a config file or any way to save opacity settings for certain windows & programs, so that they automatically get loaded when cairo starts and stay applied until it gets closed?
[or generally: how do I configure the Plugins? :D]

the last "problem" which occurs only with cairo-compmgr-git:

When I rightclick the ccm icon in the task bar and disable the composite desktop, the whole program kills itself oO
In the old version the option "Composite desktop"'s box just got un-checked and I could easily restart ccm by rightclicking the logo again and re-enabling the "Composite desktop" option.
Any clues on that by any chance?

Thanks everyone for reading and I hope somebody is familiar with these problems :)

deF291

Last edited by deF291 (2011-04-12 11:37:45)

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#2 2011-04-12 12:36:02

ilusi0n
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Registered: 2010-06-09
Posts: 187

Re: some minor cairo-compmgr(-git) problems!

Try to remove the config of cairo-compmgr

About the first one try to remove the cairo-compmgr configuration files:

rm -r ~/.config/cairo-compmgr/

And try to start it again, without sudo! It should started without sudo privileges.
The last question it should be solved with deleting the config above.
About the 2nd question I don't know tongue

Last edited by ilusi0n (2011-04-12 12:36:33)

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#3 2011-04-12 13:11:31

deF291
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Registered: 2010-12-15
Posts: 15

Re: some minor cairo-compmgr(-git) problems!

tried that, didn't work hmm cairo still crashes when i rightclick the gui, still unusable without sudo mode sad

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#4 2011-04-12 14:04:55

hellomynameisphil
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Registered: 2009-10-02
Posts: 257
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Re: some minor cairo-compmgr(-git) problems!

Just a guess: perhaps there is a group you need to be part of the change the settings. Are you in the video group? Have a look at /etc/group and see if there are other possibilities.

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#5 2011-04-12 16:00:27

deF291
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Registered: 2010-12-15
Posts: 15

Re: some minor cairo-compmgr(-git) problems!

I am already in the video group. Here's the copy of my group file

root:x:0:root
bin:x:1:root,bin,daemon
daemon:x:2:root,bin,daemon
sys:x:3:root,bin
adm:x:4:root,daemon
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:root
lp:x:7:daemon,thanatoz
mem:x:8:
kmem:x:9:
wheel:x:10:root,thanatoz
ftp:x:11:
mail:x:12:
uucp:x:14:
log:x:19:root
locate:x:21:
rfkill:x:24:
smmsp:x:25:
http:x:33:
games:x:50:thanatoz
network:x:90:
video:x:91:thanatoz
audio:x:92:thanatoz,mpd
optical:x:93:thanatoz,hal
floppy:x:94:hal
storage:x:95:thanatoz,hal
scanner:x:96:
power:x:98:thanatoz
nobody:x:99:
users:x:100:
dbus:x:81:
avahi:x:84:
hal:x:82:
gdm:x:120:
mpd:x:45:thanatoz
rtkit:x:133:

anything I might have to change to get this working?

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