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compiz?

Postby billhedrick » Sat May 11, 2013 10:58 pm

Just installing 3.4.1 and can't seem to get compiz working, I activated the nVidia driver and can't find how to turn on Compiz

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Re: compiz?

Postby Xanayoshi » Sat May 11, 2013 11:11 pm

Did you switch from metacity to compiz? Click on the square compiz-fusion icon in the top right hand corner. A menu will pop up, choose select window manager and choose compiz.
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Re: compiz?

Postby smeterlink » Sat May 11, 2013 11:19 pm

billhedrick wrote:Just installing 3.4.1 and can't seem to get compiz working, I activated the nVidia driver and can't find how to turn on Compiz

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I thought as an Admin person, you had to know these things? :?

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metacity --replace


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compiz --replace
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Re: compiz?

Postby billhedrick » Sat May 11, 2013 11:27 pm

been out of the loop since Ultimate Edition 2.9! Where do I enter thos commands, I opened up a terminal window and it said "huh?"
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Re: compiz?

Postby smeterlink » Sat May 11, 2013 11:56 pm

It actually said "huh?" :rasta
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Re: compiz?

Postby billhedrick » Sun May 12, 2013 9:49 am

not helping
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Re: compiz?

Postby billhedrick » Sun May 12, 2013 10:52 am

Thanks Xanoyoshi! Now I have to figure out what key stroke to use to do the rotation!
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Re: compiz?

Postby Xanayoshi » Sun May 12, 2013 11:26 am

billhedrick wrote:Thanks Xanoyoshi! Now I have to figure out what key stroke to use to do the rotation!


Let's try something simple...

Either press your wheel on your mouse down

or hold alt+ctrl+left click down, and then release alt+Ctrl and move your mouse.

ctrl+F11 will activate your splash.
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Re: compiz?

Postby Xanayoshi » Sun May 12, 2013 11:35 am

smeterlink wrote:
billhedrick wrote:Just installing 3.4.1 and can't seem to get compiz working, I activated the nVidia driver and can't find how to turn on Compiz

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I thought as an Admin person, you had to know these things? :?

Code: Select all
metacity --replace


and

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compiz --replace


You know I know..I am observant.. :ugeek:

So yes, these commands will help in a pinch, if you are outside of Ultimate Edition and experimenting with Mate you need to follow a little different protocol to set up compiz.
Assuming you have Compiz installed, this is how you would make compiz your window manager...

http://forumubuntusoftware.info/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=9155
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Re: compiz?

Postby billhedrick » Sun May 12, 2013 1:02 pm

a little harder with a laptop w/ trackpad, thanks for the key combo. my desktop is simple, don't have a scroll button on the lappy
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