*Updated* Compiz Fusion Guide on Ubuntu 7.04

[isaacj87]

Hello, My problem isn't the installation...I've got it fully installed...but how do I get Compiz Fusion to start when I boot up? I tried adding 'compiz --replace' to the sessions but when I do it gives me a black screen. :(

[jtraub]

I have ATi X1900 XT and proprietary drivers installed on my machine (default from Feisty repositories)

mikv@hawk:~$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: Yes
mikv@hawk:~$ glxinfo | grep texture_from_pixmap
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,

But last step of this guide ends with following errors

mikv@hawk:~$ compiz --replace
Fatal: Failed test: texture_from_pixmap support
Checks indicate that it's impossible to start compiz on your system.


Any ideas?

[moevmie]

Hello, I'm getting this message when i try to install it, does anybody have any idea why????

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
compiz: Depends: compiz-decorator but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

thanks in advance
m

EDIT: I'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM, BUT I MANAGED TO GET IT INSTALLED NOW, I THINK THE REPOSITORIES CHANGED...

[crimesaucer]

Thank you for the nice easy guide.

[mostwanted]

Not getting any window decorations... :(

[BungaMan]

me neither, it gives a warning about the version:

/usr/bin/compiz.real (decoration) - Warn: Property ignored because version is 20061011 and decoration plugin version is 20070319

[pmj]

I didn't get any window decorations either. But then again, I've never gotten window decorations with Compiz, only with Beryl.

[Vorian]

run alt+F2
and enter:
emerald --replace &

That will give you your default emerald theme

[BungaMan]

or you can run it as
compiz --replace -c emerald &
got it from here http://forums.opencompositing.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=131&p=6191&hilit=Property+ignored+because+version#p6191
However it did not give me borders just yet because emerald was not installed
so first install it with the following command and then run the command above...
sudo apt-get install emerald

[pmj]

Neither emerald --replace nor compiz --replace -c emerald & gives me decorations. In fact, the latter one gives me the following message:
/usr/bin/compiz: line 681: 30436 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $@ 2>> $ERROUTPUT

It continues to load though, and animations and all are working. I just have no decorations. And yes, I did install emerald.

Edit: Updates mere minutes after installation? Yup, and they fixed my problems. Emerald works now.

[Asraniel]

how can i switch back to the kwin? compiz is nice, but xorg uses 500mb now.. thats a little bit too much for my taste (and from a usability point of view kwin is much better anyway)

[fuoco]

i have it all up and running, but many configurations won't work for me. for example no matter what i can't get a 4-sided cube. i get only 2 sides, 3 sides or 5 and more. also animations don't work (for example for minimizing, opening, closing etc..).
wobbly works rather badly even though it was very good with the 0.3.6 version i had before that.

any ideas?

[Reb]

My problem is that I can't get images on top (cube caps?), behind (skydome image?), and I don't even know what background image is. Even when I set all of these with a 2560x1600 image, nothing shows up anywhere. Is it a problem if the image is much larger than my screen resolution?

[c.dric]

thanks for the howto.

i do have a few problems with fusion tho ...

1) i only have 500mb of ram and a nvidia card with 64mb of ram ... when i have more than 3 or 4 windows open the following windows i try to open are filled black.

if i remember correctly, beryl used to have some kind of rendering options that would fix this problem on my comp ... anyone know if there is something similar with this setup ?

this one is [solved]. starting compiz with --indirect-rendering fixes it.
found it here : http://forums.opencompositing.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=522&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=black+window

2) when i log out and back in of a gnome session with fusion ... gnome gets stuck ... all i get is a cursor and a black screen ... rebooting the comp seems to fix the problem ... gnome starts properly ... so does fusion...

any ideas ?

thanks :D

[crimesaucer]

My problem is that I can't get images on top (cube caps?), behind (skydome image?), and I don't even know what background image is. Even when I set all of these with a 2560x1600 image, nothing shows up anywhere. Is it a problem if the image is much larger than my screen resolution?

Hey Reb, I had Beryl installed before this and when I installed and ran compiz --replace

...this also happened to me with the cube cap and other plug-ins not working, and what I had to do was open up my Beryl Settings Manager and click it back to XFWM (my original window manager), then I ran the compiz --replace command again and everything worked perfectly...reflection, cube caps, my super key...

I also set my old Beryl Manager to XFWM, then took Beryl off of the start up apps, and added the "compiz --replace" command and the "emerald --replace" commands to my start up apps and everything works perfectly from the start now.

...and I also think Wobbly is worse now, but everything else is very nice so it doesn't matter, it will be better in a few weeks.

[precinto]

Is anyone having problems with video playing?

I can't use the xv video option in mplayer, it won't output the image, just the sound. The only one working is gl, but but I get a shivering image. VLC goes black when toggling fullscreen.

I'm using AIGLX with the ati open driver.

[crimesaucer]

I just checked, and YES, my sound works but my video does not.

[P_Badger]

I just checked, and YES, my sound works but my video does not.

I'm also having the exact same issue.

On top of that, I don't get anything but a temporary desktop freeze when I try to right-click my mouse. No menu appears. Anybody know how to get around that?

[precinto]

BTW, launching from a terminal doesn't show any error in neither application. And with mplayer the video window plays a dark blue screen, with a little transparency you can correct with Alt+wheel. Video image is sometimes visible when changing between normal and fullscreen.

[fuoco]

Is anyone having problems with video playing?

I can't use the xv video option in mplayer, it won't output the image, just the sound. The only one working is gl, but but I get a shivering image. VLC goes black when toggling fullscreen.

I'm using AIGLX with the ati open driver.

possibly this is a problem that is fixed in the ati driver version 6.6.192

[Treviño]

Many thanks to Vorian for posting this guide I had no time for making it here too (after the wiki, I mean), so thanks!

I'd suggest all users to read also the opencompositing thread since there are many helps there, that allow users to improve their experience... :)

Bye!

PS: The first link to the compiz wiki is wrong (double http :))

[walkerk]

Nice write up. I'm now running Compiz Fusion on a Dell 6400 w/ intergrated 945GM video. :D

[gloomy]

Hello, I'm getting this message when i try to install it, does anybody have any idea why????

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
compiz: Depends: compiz-decorator but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

thanks in advance
m

Having the same problem.

Did step by step what was explained above.

Anybody any idea please ?

[precinto]

possibly this is a problem that is fixed in the ati driver version 6.6.192

How do I know which version of the driver I am using? And is it possible to upgrade it?

[crimesaucer]

I fixed my Xine movie palyer like this: The Settings-->--Set Up-->--Video-->--I changed the driver from "auto" to "xshm" and it worked for playback.

I also fixed the transparent video like this: ccsm-->--General-->--Opacity Settings-->--Window Opacities-->-- then edit the string and take "Unkown" off of the list.

[c.dric]

1) i only have 500mb of ram and a nvidia card with 64mb of ram ... when i have more than 3 or 4 windows open the following windows i try to open are filled black.

if i remember correctly, beryl used to have some kind of rendering options that would fix this problem on my comp ... anyone know if there is something similar with this setup ?

apparently it's a common problem with nvidia cards :
http://forums.opencompositing.org/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=438

anyone knows how to apply those fixes with fusion ?

this one is [solved]. starting compiz with --indirect-rendering fixes it.
found it here : http://forums.opencompositing.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=522&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=black+window

[wvengen]

Too bad 64 bit isn't fully present as of yet ...
http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb/dists/feisty/eyecandy/binary-amd64/Packages

[stani]

Works like a charm, even on my old Thinkpad X30 (1.2GHz Pentium III-M & 768MB, with a somewhat unglamorous but perfectly adequate Intel 830 graphics controller).

[giuseppe-]

Hi guys, I installed all without problem but when I try compiz --replace nothing happen, Ubuntu still use metacity. Here's compiz --replace output, I hope you can help me.
giuseppe@ubuntu:~$ compiz --replace
Adding core settings (General Options)
Adding plugin neg (neg)
Adding plugin move (move)
Adding plugin scaleaddon (scaleaddon)
Adding plugin animation (animation)
Adding plugin expo (expo)
Adding plugin bench (bench)
Adding plugin reflex (reflex)
Adding plugin annotate (annotate)
Adding plugin vpswitch (vpswitch)
Adding plugin video (video)
Adding plugin put (put)
Adding plugin clone (clone)
Adding plugin inotify (inotify)
Adding plugin ring (ring)
Adding plugin crashhandler (crashhandler)
Adding plugin text (text)
Adding plugin dbus (dbus)
Adding plugin mblur (mblur)
Adding plugin firepaint (firepaint)
Adding plugin tile (tile)
Adding plugin fadedesktop (fadedesktop)
Adding plugin snap (snap)
Adding plugin showdesktop (showdesktop)
Adding plugin svg (svg)
Adding plugin wall (wall)
Adding plugin thumbnail (thumbnail)
Adding plugin imgjpeg (imgjpeg)
Adding plugin rotate (rotate)
Adding plugin resizeinfo (resizeinfo)
Adding plugin opacify (opacify)
Adding plugin decoration (decoration)
Adding plugin glib (glib)
Adding plugin snow (snow)
Adding plugin extrawm (extrawm)
Adding plugin switcher (switcher)
Adding plugin splash (splash)
Adding plugin trailfocus (trailfocus)
Adding plugin scale (scale)
Adding plugin png (png)
Adding plugin regex (regex)
Adding plugin addhelper (addhelper)
Adding plugin cube (cube)
Adding plugin blur (blur)
Adding plugin fs (fs)
Adding plugin zoom (zoom)
Adding plugin resize (resize)
Adding plugin fade (fade)
Adding plugin winrules (winrules)
Adding plugin fakeargb (fakeargb)
Adding plugin plane (plane)
Adding plugin cubereflex (cubereflex)
Adding plugin minimize (minimize)
Adding plugin place (place)
Adding plugin wobbly (wobbly)
Adding plugin group (group)
Adding plugin screenshot (screenshot)
Adding plugin water (water)
Backend : ini
Integration : true
Profile : default
Initializing core options...done
Initializing move options...done
Initializing decoration options...done
Initializing zoom options...done
Initializing resize options...done
Initializing minimize options...done
Initializing place options...done
Initializing wobbly options...done
Initializing fade options...done
Initializing cube options...done
Initializing rotate options...done
Initializing switcher options...done
Initializing scale options...done
/usr/bin/compiz.real: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/compiz/libdecoration.so: undefined s
Thanks for the guide :D

[johntelthorst]

I have ATi X1900 XT and proprietary drivers installed on my machine (default from Feisty repositories)

mikv@hawk:~$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: Yes
mikv@hawk:~$ glxinfo | grep texture_from_pixmap
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,

But last step of this guide ends with following errors

mikv@hawk:~$ compiz --replace
Fatal: Failed test: texture_from_pixmap support
Checks indicate that it's impossible to start compiz on your system.


Any ideas?

I'm getting the same errors, I have an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M

[walkerk]

nice write up :) i've got compiz fusion running great on a dell 6400 w/ 945gm integrated video..

seems to be working even better than beryl :)

[precinto]

I'm getting the same errors, I have an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M

I also got that error at first. I don't remember exactly what it was related to. Are you running a XGL session?

[fuoco]

How do I know which version of the driver I am using? And is it possible to upgrade it?

try:
dpkg-query -s xserver-xorg-video-ati|grep Version

well, 6.6.192 is not in ubuntu, it is in debian unstable or something like that. i used 'prevu' to create myself a working dev. Also a recent mesa is important usually. Gutsy has 6.5.3 which I also got using 'prevu'. just yesterday mesa 7.0 was released, and that might give even more advantage, but it's not yet on repos, so we should wait...

[jtraub]

I'm getting the same errors, I have an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M

Have you installed XGL? Install it and than log in.

[johntelthorst]

Have you installed XGL? Install it and than log in.

No, I haven't, how do I go about that? Thanks for the reply.

[moevmie]

The 64 bit version isn't really working yet i heard, I hope it's coming soon. Does anybody know anything about this????

thanks.
m

[ramos289]

Hi guys, I installed all without problem but when I try compiz --replace nothing happen, Ubuntu still use metacity. Here's compiz --replace output, I hope you can help me.
giuseppe@ubuntu:~$ compiz --replace
Adding core settings (General Options)
Adding plugin neg (neg)
Adding plugin move (move)
Adding plugin scaleaddon (scaleaddon)
Adding plugin animation (animation)
Adding plugin expo (expo)
Adding plugin bench (bench)
Adding plugin reflex (reflex)
Adding plugin annotate (annotate)
Adding plugin vpswitch (vpswitch)
Adding plugin video (video)
Adding plugin put (put)
Adding plugin clone (clone)
Adding plugin inotify (inotify)
Adding plugin ring (ring)
Adding plugin crashhandler (crashhandler)
Adding plugin text (text)
Adding plugin dbus (dbus)
Adding plugin mblur (mblur)
Adding plugin firepaint (firepaint)
Adding plugin tile (tile)
Adding plugin fadedesktop (fadedesktop)
Adding plugin snap (snap)
Adding plugin showdesktop (showdesktop)
Adding plugin svg (svg)
Adding plugin wall (wall)
Adding plugin thumbnail (thumbnail)
Adding plugin imgjpeg (imgjpeg)
Adding plugin rotate (rotate)
Adding plugin resizeinfo (resizeinfo)
Adding plugin opacify (opacify)
Adding plugin decoration (decoration)
Adding plugin glib (glib)
Adding plugin snow (snow)
Adding plugin extrawm (extrawm)
Adding plugin switcher (switcher)
Adding plugin splash (splash)
Adding plugin trailfocus (trailfocus)
Adding plugin scale (scale)
Adding plugin png (png)
Adding plugin regex (regex)
Adding plugin addhelper (addhelper)
Adding plugin cube (cube)
Adding plugin blur (blur)
Adding plugin fs (fs)
Adding plugin zoom (zoom)
Adding plugin resize (resize)
Adding plugin fade (fade)
Adding plugin winrules (winrules)
Adding plugin fakeargb (fakeargb)
Adding plugin plane (plane)
Adding plugin cubereflex (cubereflex)
Adding plugin minimize (minimize)
Adding plugin place (place)
Adding plugin wobbly (wobbly)
Adding plugin group (group)
Adding plugin screenshot (screenshot)
Adding plugin water (water)
Backend : ini
Integration : true
Profile : default
Initializing core options...done
Initializing move options...done
Initializing decoration options...done
Initializing zoom options...done
Initializing resize options...done
Initializing minimize options...done
Initializing place options...done
Initializing wobbly options...done
Initializing fade options...done
Initializing cube options...done
Initializing rotate options...done
Initializing switcher options...done
Initializing scale options...done
/usr/bin/compiz.real: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/compiz/libdecoration.so: undefined s
Thanks for the guide :D

I had the same problem. The libdecoration0 package needs to be upgraded too. Just do a search in Synaptic for libdecoration and upgrade it.

[blanky]

This is what I get when I run 'compiz --replace' from the terminal (Cause from ALT+F2 it wouldn't work, wanted to see what was up):


jorge@blank:~$ compiz --replace
Adding plugin cube (cube)
Adding plugin resizeinfo (resizeinfo)
Adding plugin thumbnail (thumbnail)
Adding plugin screenshot (screenshot)
Adding plugin expo (expo)
Adding plugin video (video)
Adding plugin fade (fade)
Adding plugin clone (clone)
Adding plugin scale (scale)
Adding plugin fakeargb (fakeargb)
Adding plugin mblur (mblur)
Adding plugin scaleaddon (scaleaddon)
Adding plugin put (put)
Adding plugin firepaint (firepaint)
Adding plugin minimize (minimize)
Adding plugin switcher (switcher)
Adding plugin group (group)
Adding plugin snap (snap)
Adding plugin rotate (rotate)
Adding plugin trailfocus (trailfocus)
Adding plugin bench (bench)
Adding plugin showdesktop (showdesktop)
Adding plugin splash (splash)
Adding plugin water (water)
Adding plugin winrules (winrules)
Adding plugin reflex (reflex)
Adding plugin tile (tile)
Adding plugin zoom (zoom)
Adding plugin place (place)
Adding plugin inotify (inotify)
Adding plugin animation (animation)
Adding plugin move (move)
Adding plugin plane (plane)
Adding plugin wobbly (wobbly)
Adding plugin opacify (opacify)
Adding plugin cubereflex (cubereflex)
Adding plugin glib (glib)
Adding plugin fadedesktop (fadedesktop)
Adding plugin resize (resize)
Adding plugin addhelper (addhelper)
Adding plugin dbus (dbus)
Adding plugin imgjpeg (imgjpeg)
Adding plugin text (text)
Adding plugin snow (snow)
Adding plugin neg (neg)
Adding plugin decoration (decoration)
Adding plugin fs (fs)
Adding core settings (General Options)
Adding plugin blur (blur)
Adding plugin png (png)
Adding plugin wall (wall)
Adding plugin regex (regex)
Adding plugin svg (svg)
Adding plugin ring (ring)
Adding plugin vpswitch (vpswitch)
Adding plugin annotate (annotate)
Adding plugin extrawm (extrawm)
Adding plugin crashhandler (crashhandler)
Backend : ini
Integration : true
Profile : default
Initializing core options...done
Initializing minimize options...done
Initializing zoom options...done
Initializing place options...done
Initializing move options...done
Initializing resize options...done
/usr/bin/compiz.real: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/compiz/libdecoration.so: undefined symbol: decor_apply_gravity


By the way, this is what 'glxinfo | grep rendering' says:


jorge@blank:~$ glxinfo | grep rendering
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":1.0".
direct rendering: No


I've had that problem before, just forget how to solve it. Here's 'fglrxinfo':


jorge@blank:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9800 Pro
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6334 (8.34.8)


This is in my XGL session. In my other sessions, everything is perfectly fine, my drivers work, I play Enemy Territory at full hardware acceleration.

Can anyone help? Thanks!

[Vorian]

PS: The first link to the compiz wiki is wrong (double http :))
Fixed, sorry about that :)

Thanks again for the package Treviño :)

[P_Badger]

Is ANYBODY else having issues with their right-click menu? For the life of me, I can't get it working. When I right-click, the whole desktop freezes until I zoom into it, which seems to get things going, again.

[detyabozhye]

Works tight! Using CompComm and Emerald because I like to have the titlebar scroll to shade/unshade thing. Does anyone know why the default Compiz decorator doesn't have an option for that (or did I miss it somehow)?

[SveinT]

Got things installed correctly, but for some reason it's horribly horribly slow on all other viewports/desktops than the main one. If I go right or left on the cube things start to get really slow, but as soon as I change back it's smooth again. Doesn't matter what method I use to switch desktop/viewport. Any ideas?

-edit-

Got it fixed by adjusting the horizontal size to 1 and then back to 5. There seems to be a bug in the config as 5 gives me 4, but it works perfectly now at least.

[tprzepiorka]

I'm not advanced with Ubuntu at all and was having some troubles. I followed the guide without problems but when I ran Compiz my desktop started having problems. The top bar on windows disappeared and I couldn't switch windows and none of the open windows were showing up on the window selector. I get none of the effects though and I am forced to restart Ubuntu.

I am running Comaq nc6000, with ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 M10. Any help will be appreciated. (And yes I know it isn't a stable release and everything, but I still want to try to get it working ;))

[Dashdot]

ian@desktop:~$ libdecoration
bash: libdecoration: command not found
ian@desktop:~$ compiz --replace
Adding plugin place (place)
Adding plugin ring (ring)
Adding plugin fade (fade)
Adding plugin wobbly (wobbly)
Adding plugin fadedesktop (fadedesktop)
Adding plugin opacify (opacify)
Adding plugin snow (snow)
Adding plugin winrules (winrules)
Adding plugin screenshot (screenshot)
Adding plugin fakeargb (fakeargb)
Adding plugin tile (tile)
Adding plugin dbus (dbus)
Adding plugin snap (snap)
Adding plugin firepaint (firepaint)
Adding plugin expo (expo)
Adding plugin thumbnail (thumbnail)
Adding plugin imgjpeg (imgjpeg)
Adding plugin switcher (switcher)
Adding plugin regex (regex)
Adding plugin zoom (zoom)
Adding plugin group (group)
Adding plugin blur (blur)
Adding plugin scale (scale)
Adding plugin svg (svg)
Adding plugin animation (animation)
Adding plugin fs (fs)
Adding plugin bench (bench)
Adding plugin crashhandler (crashhandler)
Adding plugin scaleaddon (scaleaddon)
Adding plugin mblur (mblur)
Adding plugin splash (splash)
Adding plugin move (move)
Adding plugin wall (wall)
Adding core settings (General Options)
Adding plugin glib (glib)
Adding plugin water (water)
Adding plugin vpswitch (vpswitch)
Adding plugin resizeinfo (resizeinfo)
Adding plugin clone (clone)
Adding plugin resize (resize)
Adding plugin addhelper (addhelper)
Adding plugin video (video)
Adding plugin reflex (reflex)
Adding plugin cube (cube)
Adding plugin showdesktop (showdesktop)
Adding plugin put (put)
Adding plugin trailfocus (trailfocus)
Adding plugin inotify (inotify)
Adding plugin neg (neg)
Adding plugin decoration (decoration)
Adding plugin annotate (annotate)
Adding plugin cubereflex (cubereflex)
Adding plugin rotate (rotate)
Adding plugin extrawm (extrawm)
Adding plugin png (png)
Adding plugin text (text)
Adding plugin plane (plane)
Adding plugin minimize (minimize)
Backend : ini
Integration : true
Profile : default
Initializing core options...done
Initializing place options...done
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
Window manager warning: "" found in configuration database is not a valid value for keybinding "toggle_shaded"
Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":0.0" already has a window manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window manager.
Can't run metacity
ian@desktop:~$



Whats going on?

[Kayne]

This guide worked for me, thank you very much! :)

Just two issues:
- When a new window opens, the window appears at the top left, but the titlebar is off-screen! So I have to hold <Alt> and drag the window down every time. Pretty annoying! Any solution for that?? I'm using emerald btw.
- The scale plug-in in Beryl did also show minimized windows, which was very useful! So I wonder, why this option was removed in Compiz Fusion :(

[Vorian]

Whats going on?
Use ALT+F2 and enter
compiz --replace -c emerald &
Try not to use the command in a terminal.

[Dashdot]

I did everything. There didn't seem to be any major problems BUT none of the extra functions in the "CompizConfig Setting Manger". I feel stupid. Lol.

[Kayne]

This guide worked for me, thank you very much! :)

Just two issues:
- When a new window opens, the window appears at the top left, but the titlebar is off-screen! So I have to hold <Alt> and drag the window down every time. Pretty annoying! Any solution for that?? I'm using emerald btw.
- The scale plug-in in Beryl did also show minimized windows, which was very useful! So I wonder, why this option was removed in Compiz Fusion :(
Just found a solution for the first one. Activating the Places Plug-in solves that problem :)

[Vorian]

do this again in a terminal...
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-backend-*

[Treviño]

do this again in a terminal...
Names changed, now they are
libcompizconfig-backend-gconf
libcompizconfig-backend-kconfig

[Vorian]

Names changed, now they are
libcompizconfig-backend-gconf
libcompizconfig-backend-kconfig

Thanks for the update :)

[jefrazie]

hey, thx for guide. worked perfectly for me. I have gotten everything to run fine. my comp specs are: core duo, 1gb ram, ati x1400 radeon

[vh1]

when I just tried running this, it ran ridiculously slow
I'm talking like 2fps. it's on a macbook, but beryl runs flawlessly on this machine

[Happy_Man]

I had the same problem. The libdecoration0 package needs to be upgraded too. Just do a search in Synaptic for libdecoration and upgrade it.
Hehe, yeah, that took me about two hours to figure out when I was installing. Works great now though!

(can't say anything about this thread, as I didn't use it. I compiled. The HARDCORE way!)

[slippietheslip]

Installs, but when i do the "compiz --replace" the screen flickers and nothing else happens. I typed the command in the terminal and this is what I get.

Adding plugin neg (neg)
Adding plugin extrawm (extrawm)
Adding plugin scaleaddon (scaleaddon)
Adding plugin decoration (decoration)
Adding plugin regex (regex)
Adding plugin opacify (opacify)
Adding plugin imgjpeg (imgjpeg)
Adding plugin crashhandler (crashhandler)
Adding plugin vpswitch (vpswitch)
Adding plugin winrules (winrules)
Adding plugin glib (glib)
Adding plugin snap (snap)
Adding plugin splash (splash)
Adding plugin resizeinfo (resizeinfo)
Adding plugin group (group)
Adding plugin wobbly (wobbly)
Adding plugin cube (cube)
Adding plugin trailfocus (trailfocus)
Adding plugin text (text)
Adding plugin clone (clone)
Adding plugin video (video)
Adding plugin dbus (dbus)
Adding plugin showdesktop (showdesktop)
Adding plugin fade (fade)
Adding plugin annotate (annotate)
Adding plugin tile (tile)
Adding plugin animation (animation)
Adding plugin svg (svg)
Adding plugin switcher (switcher)
Adding plugin thumbnail (thumbnail)
Adding plugin water (water)
Adding plugin inotify (inotify)
Adding plugin addhelper (addhelper)
Adding plugin plane (plane)
Adding plugin move (move)
Adding plugin fakeargb (fakeargb)
Adding plugin cubereflex (cubereflex)
Adding plugin snow (snow)
Adding core settings (General Options)
Adding plugin rotate (rotate)
Adding plugin blur (blur)
Adding plugin resize (resize)
Adding plugin expo (expo)
Adding plugin mblur (mblur)
Adding plugin reflex (reflex)
Adding plugin bench (bench)
Adding plugin fs (fs)
Adding plugin png (png)
Adding plugin wall (wall)
Adding plugin put (put)
Adding plugin zoom (zoom)
Adding plugin ring (ring)
Adding plugin fadedesktop (fadedesktop)
Adding plugin place (place)
Adding plugin minimize (minimize)
Adding plugin firepaint (firepaint)
Adding plugin screenshot (screenshot)
Adding plugin scale (scale)
Backend : ini
Integration : true
Profile : default
Initializing core options...done
/usr/bin/compiz.real: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/compiz/libdecoration.so: undefined symbol: decor_apply_gravity
Window manager warning: "" found in configuration database is not a valid value for keybinding "toggle_shaded"

[pjones0404]

just a quick question for everyone.

i am currently running edgy and i also have beryl installed and working. Will this same guide work for edgy or do i have to upgrade to feisty to get fusion working?

thanks for any advice.

[DarkMageZ]

to those users of FGLRX... compiz/beryl/compiz-fusion will not work without using XGL.
XGL will break other functions of the system.

best advice. go downgrade to the opensource ati drivers if your card is supported by them or go complain to ATi about crappy drivers... tho you're probably better off buying a real graphics card.

[mevets]

For those that can't get emerald to draw window decorations try:

compiz --indirect-rendering --replace

When I ran this it ran Compiz with kwin drawing the decorations. Its not emerald, but kwin is still nice.

[jtraub]

Installs, but when i do the "compiz --replace" the screen flickers and nothing else happens. I typed the command in the terminal and this is what I get.

Adding plugin neg (neg)
Adding plugin extrawm (extrawm)
Adding plugin scaleaddon (scaleaddon)
Adding plugin decoration (decoration)
Adding plugin regex (regex)
Adding plugin opacify (opacify)
Adding plugin imgjpeg (imgjpeg)
Adding plugin crashhandler (crashhandler)
Adding plugin vpswitch (vpswitch)
Adding plugin winrules (winrules)
Adding plugin glib (glib)
Adding plugin snap (snap)
Adding plugin splash (splash)
Adding plugin resizeinfo (resizeinfo)
Adding plugin group (group)
Adding plugin wobbly (wobbly)
Adding plugin cube (cube)
Adding plugin trailfocus (trailfocus)
Adding plugin text (text)
Adding plugin clone (clone)
Adding plugin video (video)
Adding plugin dbus (dbus)
Adding plugin showdesktop (showdesktop)
Adding plugin fade (fade)
Adding plugin annotate (annotate)
Adding plugin tile (tile)
Adding plugin animation (animation)
Adding plugin svg (svg)
Adding plugin switcher (switcher)
Adding plugin thumbnail (thumbnail)
Adding plugin water (water)
Adding plugin inotify (inotify)
Adding plugin addhelper (addhelper)
Adding plugin plane (plane)
Adding plugin move (move)
Adding plugin fakeargb (fakeargb)
Adding plugin cubereflex (cubereflex)
Adding plugin snow (snow)
Adding core settings (General Options)
Adding plugin rotate (rotate)
Adding plugin blur (blur)
Adding plugin resize (resize)
Adding plugin expo (expo)
Adding plugin mblur (mblur)
Adding plugin reflex (reflex)
Adding plugin bench (bench)
Adding plugin fs (fs)
Adding plugin png (png)
Adding plugin wall (wall)
Adding plugin put (put)
Adding plugin zoom (zoom)
Adding plugin ring (ring)
Adding plugin fadedesktop (fadedesktop)
Adding plugin place (place)
Adding plugin minimize (minimize)
Adding plugin firepaint (firepaint)
Adding plugin screenshot (screenshot)
Adding plugin scale (scale)
Backend : ini
Integration : true
Profile : default
Initializing core options...done
/usr/bin/compiz.real: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/compiz/libdecoration.so: undefined symbol: decor_apply_gravity
Window manager warning: "" found in configuration database is not a valid value for keybinding "toggle_shaded"
Upgrade from Synaptic your libdecoration to version 0.5. After that effects should work.

[standardissue]

Upgrade from Synaptic your libdecoration to version 0.5. After that effects should work.

I had the same problem, and that fixed it! Everything works now but the desktop cube. It doesn't activate at all. >_<

[jtraub]

I had the same problem, and that fixed it! Everything works now but the desktop cube. It doesn't activate at all. >_<

Other effects are visible?

[c3007223]

Hi,

I just installed compiz-fusion, and everything seems to work ok. I have 2 slight problems though. The blur effects don't seem to work. I've checked the enable boxes, mucked around with the settings, but nothing changes. There seems to be no effect at all. Is this the case for other people? - I've searched these forums and opencompositing.org and found nothing.

The second problem is that when I have the wobble plugin enabled, there is a faint chirping noise that comes from my laptop. has anyone else noticed this? This is the only occasion that I have observed this noise before. It even happens when my speakers are turned off.

I'm relatively new to this forum stuff, so if I've posted this in the wrong spot just let me know.

[standardissue]

Other effects are visible?

Indeed, everything else I've tested works beautifully. I'll continue to fiddle with it and repost if I figure out the issue.

[Salazar420]

I thank you, as many others have already, for a nice, easy to execute tutorial. I've completed it effortlessly with copy&paste, and a little knowledge of how to edit the repositories. Again, congrats on the newbie-friendly tutorial.

[CyberAngel]

mikv@hawk:~$ compiz --replace
Fatal: Failed test: texture_from_pixmap support
Checks indicate that it's impossible to start compiz on your system.


Any ideas?

Same problem using an Ati X1300 on a friend`s of mine pc. I have enabled the ATI restricted drivers from the restricted drivers manager on gnome.

Am I need to edit something on the xorg.conf file?

[jtraub]

Am I need to edit something on the xorg.conf file?
You should install XGL first.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=482773

[jtraub]

This happens because you try to start Fusion in session X.Org, not XGL

[Sokraates]

Nice guide, but two questions remain:

1) How do I stop Compiz, once it's running? Beryl had that nifty taskbar-applet.

2) How do I bind certain actions to a corner?

Also has anyone noticed problems with Firefox, when Compiz Fusion is running? I surfed this thread and clicking on the link to the next page would only update the navigation bar, but not the page itself. A refresh helped.

Without Compiz, I had no such problems.

[Koji-Murasame]

Nice guide, but two questions remain:

1) How do I stop Compiz, once it's running? Beryl had that nifty taskbar-applet.

2) How do I bind certain actions to a corner?

Also has anyone noticed problems with Firefox, when Compiz Fusion is running? I surfed this thread and clicking on the link to the next page would only update the navigation bar, but not the page itself. A refresh helped.

Without Compiz, I had no such problems.

I was also wondering about switching back to another window manager. While Firefox does occasionally freeze up on me I thought that was a Firefox issue and not a Compiz problem. I don't think there has been any implementation for changing the scale or expo activation corners or the amount of time it takes to activate them. I have problems getting video to play correctly while I'm running Compiz Fusion. Also I was wondering how the window grouping/tab thing worked. I fiddled with the commands and can't figure it out.

[CyberAngel]

You should install XGL first.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=482773

That was the problem :)
Thank you.

[gkiller]

I also fixed the transparent video like this: ccsm-->--General-->--Opacity Settings-->--Window Opacities-->-- then edit the string and take "Unkown" off of the list.
If you want to fix the transparency in videos and general fullscreen windows (eg. image viewer), but keep them in other "unknown" entities (for me its Opera menus for example), you could add this to the opacity string. I tested it with all video players I know (vlc, mplayer, totem-gstreamer, gxine, xine):
((type=Unknown | Menu | PopupMenu | DropdownMenu | Tooltip | Notification | Combo | Dnd | name=sun-awt-X11-XWindowPeer) | (type=Normal & override_redirect=1)) & !(name=sun-awt-X11-XFramePeer | name=sun-awt-X11-XDialogPeer | state=fullscreen | name=^x11$ | name=^xv$ | name=^xine Video Window$)


1) How do I stop Compiz, once it's running? Beryl had that nifty taskbar-applet.Hit Alt-F2 (or open a terminal) and type: metacity --replace

2) How do I bind certain actions to a corner?Apparently, there is no place to do that generally. Some plugins have that option in their own key-binding options. But since this was possible in Beryl I think that we will see this functionality soon in Fusion also.

[crimesaucer]

If you want to fix the transparency in videos and general fullscreen windows (eg. image viewer), but keep them in other "unknown" entities (for me its Opera menus for example), you could add this to the opacity string. I tested it with all video players I know (vlc, mplayer, totem-gstreamer, gxine, xine):
.

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind...all though "unknown" seemed to only affect my Xine-ui and no other apps of mine.

[71CH]

Hi
Do I need to uninstall beryl first or does it not matter?

[smartboyathome]

Beryl doesn't matter, but you DO need to uninstall compiz first. Oh, and switch back to compiz before starting fusion, as you can get nasty bugs when trying to start straight from Beryl.

[martynp]

Hi All,

Hate to say it but I am new to Ubuntu so still learning.......

When I installed Beryl I activated the NVIDIA drivers and was getting the dreaded 'Black Windows' when more than one window or menu was open. I searched this forum and found a fix which told me to set 'rendering path' to 'texture from pixmap' and 'rendering platform' to 'Force AIGLX'. This I did and Beryl works just fine on me Sony Vaio.

I installed Compiz Fusion yesterday and have the same problem...... black windows (i.e. a window frame but information blacked out inside it) if I slightly resize the window it returns to normal, but any new window or menu opened then will be black. In other words..... only 1 window can be open and has to be slightly adjusted to see the contents. This is the same problem I had when first installing Beryl..... all other aspects of Fusion are working for me.

Anyone know how to fix the BLACK WINDOWS OF HELL :evil: from Fusion?

Many, many thanks in advance

[71CH]

Beryl doesn't matter, but you DO need to uninstall compiz first. Oh, and switch back to compiz before starting fusion, as you can get nasty bugs when trying to start straight from Beryl.

What do you mean by switching back to compiz before starting fusion? I thought I was supposed to uninstall compiz?

[gkiller]

martynp (black Nvidia bug):

You can try the tips in this thread, maybe some of them help:
Opencompositing.org Forums (http://forums.opencompositing.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=522&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=black+window)

[gkiller]

What do you mean by switching back to compiz before starting fusion? I thought I was supposed to uninstall compiz?
I think what he meant is to select "Metacity" in the Beryl Manager Icon under Window Managers, then quit Beryl Manager, then uninstall compiz etc.

[sanford42]

OK, someone hinted at this a bit earlier, but I didn't see a reply, and I'm having a similar problem.

I followed the tutorial to the letter, and everything installed perfectly. I have the wobbly windows, I have my theme, the transparency works great, zoom works great... everything so far is awesome.

But (there's always a "but" in these threads, eh?)... Cube no worky. It's enabled in the CompizConfig Settings Manager, but I still just have my standard four desktops -- can't rotate the cube with the Ctrl-Alt-Mouse or using Ctrl-Alt-<Arrow Key> commands.

Any suggestions?

[llamakc]

OK, someone hinted at this a bit earlier, but I didn't see a reply, and I'm having a similar problem.

I followed the tutorial to the letter, and everything installed perfectly. I have the wobbly windows, I have my theme, the transparency works great, zoom works great... everything so far is awesome.

But (there's always a "but" in these threads, eh?)... Cube no worky. It's enabled in the CompizConfig Settings Manager, but I still just have my standard four desktops -- can't rotate the cube with the Ctrl-Alt-Mouse or using Ctrl-Alt-<Arrow Key> commands.

Any suggestions?

Run ccsm and enable Viewport Mouse Switch plugin. Mine didn't work at first either. I ended up logging out of Gnome due to frustration, and logged back in to find the cube working.

[sanford42]

well, gave that a try... no dice.
saved it, logged out and back into GNOME... still no dice.

i know it's probably just some minute detail that I'm overlooking, and that's what frustrates me.

[sanford42]

And I answered my own question!

need to start gconf-editor,
select /apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/ and change the value of hsize from 1 to 4.

works like a charm :D

[gkiller]

And I answered my own question!

need to start gconf-editor,
select /apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/ and change the value of hsize from 1 to 4.

works like a charm :D
For the future: I think you can change that also from ccsm. Go to General > Desktop Settings. You can change the horizontal and vertical size the. Desktop Size should remain at 1 for single monitor mode.

[sanford42]

tried that too, it didn't work.

just when i was about to give up and go back to the default Ubuntu "Desktop Effects", i stumbled across that tidbit of info.

thought i'd share

[ivesjd]

For the future: I think you can change that also from ccsm. Go to General > Desktop Settings. You can change the horizontal and vertical size the. Desktop Size should remain at 1 for single monitor mode.

Actually, what I did, is set it to two desktops, and then a Horizontal size of four. So I have two desktops with a cube on each :)

[ivesjd]

Hello, My problem isn't the installation...I've got it fully installed...but how do I get Compiz Fusion to start when I boot up? I tried adding 'compiz --replace' to the sessions but when I do it gives me a black screen. :(

And has anyone figured this out? This is my problems as well. I also tried compiz --replace -c emerald &
and also just added emerald --replace (with the first one)

[walkerk]

And has anyone figured this out? This is my problems as well. I also tried compiz --replace -c emerald &
and also just added emerald --replace (with the first one)

i was having problems running compiz fusion at boot when i first installed it (just froze for minutes once i loggeed in)... what helped me was to uninstall everything having to do with compiz and beryl.. then made sure i had a recent version of emerald.. 0.3.0-svn. rebooted.. installed compiz fusion. now i added compiz fusion to my System > Preferences > Sessions as ' compiz --replace -c emerald '

[ivesjd]

How did you get the latest version of emerald?

[Kegir]

Where's the 64bit lov'n?

[walkerk]

you should be able to get a new version of emeralld (0.3.0+) in the feisty rep...

try un-installing emerald.. reboot, then re-install.. (ensure its a new version.) i haven't done this recently so i do not remember.. let me know it it doesn't work and i'll dig up an emerald svn..

[ivesjd]

I removed it and could only install version 2.1, I was told that version 3 would fix my problems, but I cant figure out where to get it from. Its not in synaptic.


***edit
I got it from Treino's blog. (Same source that this how-to points to.)


I feel kinda dumb now....
***/edit

[cwood06]

For anyone just getting one desktop and cant make the cube...

go to system > prefrences > compizconfig then click on the backend config on the left hand side of the menu and use the gconf one.

This worked for my nvida system, this guide worked like a charm for my ati/xgl system

Thanks ! :KS

[feest]

when i try to get compiz --replace i get this and it crashes to metacity? how do i solve this:


sven@sven-desktop:~$ compiz --replace
Adding plugin vpswitch (vpswitch)
Adding plugin ring (ring)
Adding plugin resizeinfo (resizeinfo)
Adding plugin fakeargb (fakeargb)
Adding plugin video (video)
Adding plugin fs (fs)
Adding plugin wall (wall)
Adding plugin trailfocus (trailfocus)
Adding plugin scale (scale)
Adding plugin mblur (mblur)
Adding plugin scaleaddon (scaleaddon)
Adding plugin annotate (annotate)
Adding plugin snow (snow)
Adding plugin tile (tile)
Adding plugin cube (cube)
Adding plugin addhelper (addhelper)
Adding plugin move (move)
Adding plugin regex (regex)
Adding plugin water (water)
Adding plugin firepaint (firepaint)
Adding plugin expo (expo)
Adding plugin extrawm (extrawm)
Adding plugin glib (glib)
Adding plugin splash (splash)
Adding plugin dbus (dbus)
Adding plugin neg (neg)
Adding plugin svg (svg)
Adding plugin png (png)
Adding plugin animation (animation)
Adding plugin fade (fade)
Adding plugin crashhandler (crashhandler)
Adding core settings (General Options)
Adding plugin zoom (zoom)
Adding plugin inotify (inotify)
Adding plugin plane (plane)
Adding plugin resize (resize)
Adding plugin cubereflex (cubereflex)
Adding plugin place (place)
Adding plugin clone (clone)
Adding plugin opacify (opacify)
Adding plugin rotate (rotate)
Adding plugin minimize (minimize)
Adding plugin text (text)
Adding plugin thumbnail (thumbnail)
Adding plugin imgjpeg (imgjpeg)
Adding plugin wobbly (wobbly)
Adding plugin blur (blur)
Adding plugin decoration (decoration)
Adding plugin group (group)
Adding plugin showdesktop (showdesktop)
Adding plugin winrules (winrules)
Adding plugin screenshot (screenshot)
Adding plugin reflex (reflex)
Adding plugin snap (snap)
Adding plugin fadedesktop (fadedesktop)
Adding plugin bench (bench)
Adding plugin switcher (switcher)
Adding plugin put (put)
Backend : ini
Integration : true
Profile : default
Initializing core options...done
Windowmanager waarschuwing: "" in de configuratiedatabase is geen geldige waarde voor toetsbinding "toggle_shaded"
Windowmanager waarschuwing: Scherm 0 op display ":0.0" heeft al een windowmanager; probeer de optie: --replace te gebruiken om de huidige windowmanager te vervangen.
Can't run metacity
sven@sven-desktop:~$

[Vorian]

when i try to get compiz --replace i get this and it crashes to metacity? how do i solve this:

First thing, use alt+F2 to launch your application. If you have beryl installed, then run
compiz --replace -c emerald &

[Zero Prime]

I thought I would point out something interesting. I installed CF a couple days ago and could not get it to run. Eventually I gave up. This morning I saw that I had some updates. I checked them and saw one for Beryl. I thought this was odd since Beryl wasn't being supported anymore. I installed all the updates. After a reboot I found that Beryl had bit the dust on me. Just for giggles I tried to run Compiz again and low and behold it worked. Rather nice to, but I can't get the window transparencies to cut off.

[XAsmodeanX]

Any plans for a 64 bit version? I'm getting broken dependencies when installing.

xasmodeanx@archdemon:~$ sudo apt-get install compiz compiz-kde
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
compiz: Depends: compiz-decorator but it is not installable
E: Broken packages
xasmodeanx@archdemon:~$

[precinto]

I just checked, and YES, my sound works but my video does not.

It seems the update solved it. Now I can use xv with mplayer and fullscreen without problems.

The transparency issue was fixed by deleting the "Unknown" entry in CCSM-General Options-Opacity Settings.

[jimmygoon]

This is still confusing. Is Compiz to be fazed into Compiz Fusion? If so that needs to be more clear. As of now I'm left wondering why Beryl was discontinued and why Compiz is still "Active" if its going to be superseded by this new project/product. Also, a notice on compiz.org like the one on beryl-project.org would be nice.

[Vorian]

The Compiz site is down, but the news is on the front page of beryl http://www.beryl-project.org/

as for the name...
http://forum.compiz.org/viewtopic.php?t=1313

[anandanbu]

Thank you very much for a clean and a neat guide for installing.

[standardissue]

Run ccsm and enable Viewport Mouse Switch plugin. Mine didn't work at first either. I ended up logging out of Gnome due to frustration, and logged back in to find the cube working.

That did it for me. Cheers. :0)

[jimmygoon]

Grr. The fusion combined the best and the worst of beryl and compiz.

Three things that NEED to happen:

1. Integration with the gtk-window-decorator and some type of compiz-fusion-decorator

2. COMPIZ-MANAGER! Seriously, beryl wins consistently here. I need an EASY way to switch compiz on and off. I installed something from the repositories, but there were no executables in the file... I want to be able to switch windows decorators and compiz/beryl/metacity, etc... This is something beryl had out-of-box. Compiz needs this.

3. GTK+! Seriously, a composited GTK would be OUT of this WORLD. It would be amazing to see the window-titlebar and the menus/icons/buttons blended together like in Vista and in some neat ole Metacity+GTK themes that are already available.

Good work on getting these two combined, but these three (okay, maybe just the first two) really need to fall in place before wide acceptance and easy of use will come together.

Thanks for the efforts of both teams!

edit: So, I figured out how to launch the tray icon for compiz-manager, but sadly it didn't load the compiz settings properly, had its own configuration(s)/backend and it was over all not connected with the actual compiz preferences area. seriously, clone the beryl-manager. QUICKLY! Thanks again.

[iceportal]

Followed the directions explicitly...

Didn't work at all.

O.o?

[crimesaucer]

Hi
Do I need to uninstall beryl first or does it not matter?

The short answer is that it helps.

I was running Beryl when I first installed Compiz fusion. It installed perfectly and I didn't even lose my Emerald windows. I started it with:

compiz --replace

Then, when trying to configure some of the "plug-in settings" and the hot key bindings that run the plug-ins (like super key + E for reflection), I had many problems with them not working...the cube caps...the reflection..and all sorts of other things.

Then I opened up my Xfce menu and clicked my Beryl Settings Manager just to see what it said. I noticed it still said that I was using Beryl as the window manager.

So I clicked the xfwm4 setting to use my default Window Manager which is "xfwm4" for xubuntu.

Then I used that same compiz --replace command and also the emerald -- replace command and everything worked perfectly.

Then I removed Beryl since Compiz feels better.


-EDIT for xubuntu uses:

the command compiz --replace won't work if you have compositing turned on in your xfwm4 for xfce4.

[studiesrule]

But last step of this guide ends with following errors

mikv@hawk:~$ compiz --replace
Fatal: Failed test: texture_from_pixmap support
Checks indicate that it's impossible to start compiz on your system.


Any ideas?
Check this out:
Not ATI (http://forums.opencompositing.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=878#p6240)
ATI (http://forums.opencompositing.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=878#p6454)

If it works, then statically link the libGL.1.2.so to libGL.1.so and libGL.so :

sudo ln -sf /path/to/libGL.1.2.so /usr/lib/libGL.1.so
sudo ln -sf /path/to/libGL.1.2.so /usr/lib/libGL.so


CAUTION: remember that order, if you reverse it, you screw your mesa libGL (because of the -f(orce) flag, which is needed to override a existing file. In any case of any doubt, man it.

I hope that helps.

[feest]

okay it works and i think it's totally awsome however i've got some problems with my dual screen setting, see for yourself in attachment... it shows 8 sides on 2 cubes where only 4 sides can be used, beryl had something like dual screen support, is this also "fused in" into compiz fusion? or is there another way to solve this annoying problem?

thx in advance,
Sven van de Scheur

[tpg]

I'm using a farily clean install of Kubuntu, nVidia graphics card with drivers (working properly). Neither compiz nor beryl have been installed.
After following the instructions, I don't get any window borders. I've tried compiz --replace and compiz --replace -c emerald, but neither works. I have tried running sudo apt-get install emerald emerald-themes as well, but that doesn't seem to help.
Anybody have any ideas? Thanks.

[thatsPipe]

I've got dual monitors also and am getting the same sort of thing with 2 desktop cubes. The way Beryl handled multi monitors was great and it would be nice to have the same. Beryl had was a check-box somewhere to indicate that you want a single cube across multiple monitors. Hopefully this feature will be included soon.

okay it works and i think it's totally awsome however i've got some problems with my dual screen setting, see for yourself in attachment... it shows 8 sides on 2 cubes where only 4 sides can be used, beryl had something like dual screen support, is this also "fused in" into compiz fusion? or is there another way to solve this annoying problem?

thx in advance,
Sven van de Scheur

EDIT: Something I noticed with the behavior of the Application Switcher plugin but not too sure if its because of my dual monitors. Anyways, when alt-tabbing, it skips every other window. So if I have an odd number open, I can eventually get to all of them but when there is an even number open, I can only alt-tab to half of them and it doesn't matter what desktop they are on. I'm not sure if this is a general problem with the plugin or its just happening because of my dual monitors.

[ashwin_cse]

These efects are nothing new. I was using them during edgy eft period in beryl . Just the name has changed from beryl to compiz fusion. After seeing this video, I feel compiz has been stealing some of the good ideas from beryl & branding them as compiz own idea. I know compiz & beryl have agreed to merge. But shouldn't they be renamed in a more neutral way?

[ivesjd]

These efects are nothing new. I was using them during edgy eft period in beryl . Just the name has changed from beryl to compiz fusion. After seeing this video, I feel compiz has been stealing some of the good ideas from beryl & branding them as compiz own idea. I know compiz & beryl have agreed to merge. But shouldn't they be renamed in a more neutral way?

I have to agree with you. I dont think it should be name Compiz, maybe bepiz, or comryl. Although it is nice to have all of the effects included. And most of them working out-of-the-box.

[euthyfro]

It seems i've run into the worst of all possible worlds w/my compiz fusion attempts. Not only have all the title bars disappeared, everything opens in the upper left corner covering all the menus, the bottom taskbar remains empty regardless of what programs i have open, none of the windows i open can be moved (even when holding alt down) & to beat all: alt-f2 does nothing.
Wait it gets better...
So i said "screw this, desktop effects aren't that important 2 me", removed every compiz package in synaptic, restarted & all the above crap is still happening as if i had never removed compiz.
There's my living nightmare, i know y'all are up to it. thanx in advance.

amd duo core 4200
nforce-4 sli board
2.5 gb ram
geforce 7300le video card

[gkiller]

It seems i've run into the worst of all possible worlds w/my compiz fusion attempts. Not only have all the title bars disappeared, everything opens in the upper left corner covering all the menus, the bottom taskbar remains empty regardless of what programs i have open, none of the windows i open can be moved (even when holding alt down) & to beat all: alt-f2 does nothing.
Wait it gets better...
So i said "screw this, desktop effects aren't that important 2 me", removed every compiz package in synaptic, restarted & all the above crap is still happening as if i had never removed compiz.
There's my living nightmare, i know y'all are up to it. thanx in advance.

amd duo core 4200
nforce-4 sli board
2.5 gb ram
geforce 7300le video card
You probably didn't start metacity after removing compiz. Just somehow run "metacity --replace" after logging in and everything should be normal. Or put it in the Sessions Autostart.

[euthyfro]

thought it'd be something simple i was just over looking. that got me back
but i got
"Window manager warning: "" found in configuration database is not a valid value for keybinding "toggle_shaded"
after doing metacity --replace

[de4th]

I Just enabled it and it's ******* great!
Big thanks for this guide!

@euthyfro: Try to execute ccsm, go to "Profile & Backend" and in backend select flat-file configuration.
Press Alt + F2 and try to execute replace again. Hope this solve your problem.

[ivesjd]

When I add either "compiz --replace and in another emerald --replace &" or "comiz --replace -c emerald &" to the start-up menu. It boots up, lets me log in, then I get a black screen with my cursor. I can sometimes restart X and everything is fine. Usually when I restart X though, I get a problem with the top and bottom panels. I can boot into standard metacity and then run the command "comiz --replace -c emerald &" and it switches to compiz just fine. It is quite frustrating.

[greg.hagen]

This guide did some really unhappy things to my amd64 xgl ati machine. A lot of the amd64 packages aren't available. Upon reinstalling the old compiz 0.5, some of the plugins don't work properly (including desktop zoom, alt-tab, cube.)

Could you add a big warning for 64-bit Ubuntu uses please?

[the8thstar]

I typed this:

root@the8thstar-laptop:/home/the8thstar# compiz --replace
Fatal: Compiz can't be ran using VESA or VGA divers.

I'm using an Intel 945M chipset so why is compiz acting like a crybaby? Is something wrong with my xorgconf file?

[el_itur]

Maybe I misunderstood something. But by now, compiz fusion is only beryl but with another fancy name.
The whole thing behind the merge was that compiz was for the core, beryl (or whatever its name where), would be for all the fancy plugins.
So all that I'm getting with this guide is beryl with a fancy name.

So what about me that I'm being using copiz and I'm not want to get other thing that compiz but just want some of the compiz fusion plugins?

Please, I'm not tring to flame on anything. I'm just asking for a doubt I have.

[AriciU]

Doesn't work for me at all. Reinstalled emerald too...

Lame standard window borders + no effect whatsoever.... wobbly windows, cube, rotating cube, etc etc

It's like it hasn't loaded at all.

I've set it to autostart in Sessions and rebooted (compiz --replace and emerald --replace &).

I'm having no problems running Beryl. Dunno wtf can be wrong with this.

I'm getting this message when running "compiz --replace" in the console btw:

Adding core settings (General Options)
Adding plugin annotate (annotate)
Adding plugin blur (blur)
Adding plugin clone (clone)
Adding plugin cube (cube)
Adding plugin dbus (dbus)
Adding plugin decoration (decoration)
Adding plugin fade (fade)
Adding plugin fs (fs)
Adding plugin glib (glib)
Adding plugin inotify (inotify)
Adding plugin minimize (minimize)
Adding plugin move (move)
Adding plugin place (place)
Adding plugin plane (plane)
Adding plugin png (png)
Adding plugin regex (regex)
Adding plugin resize (resize)
Adding plugin rotate (rotate)
Adding plugin scale (scale)
Adding plugin screenshot (screenshot)
Adding plugin svg (svg)
Adding plugin switcher (switcher)
Adding plugin video (video)
Adding plugin water (water)
Adding plugin wobbly (wobbly)
Adding plugin zoom (zoom)
Adding plugin animation (animation)
Adding plugin expo (expo)
Adding plugin imgjpeg (imgjpeg)
Adding plugin neg (neg)
Adding plugin opacify (opacify)
Adding plugin put (put)
Adding plugin resizeinfo (resizeinfo)
Adding plugin ring (ring)
Adding plugin scaleaddon (scaleaddon)
Adding plugin snap (snap)
Adding plugin text (text)
Adding plugin thumbnail (thumbnail)
Adding plugin vpswitch (vpswitch)
Adding plugin wall (wall)
Adding plugin winrules (winrules)
Adding plugin addhelper (addhelper)
Adding plugin bench (bench)
Adding plugin crashhandler (crashhandler)
Adding plugin cubereflex (cubereflex)
Adding plugin extrawm (extrawm)
Adding plugin fadedesktop (fadedesktop)
Adding plugin firepaint (firepaint)
Adding plugin group (group)
Adding plugin mblur (mblur)
Adding plugin reflex (reflex)
Adding plugin showdesktop (showdesktop)
Adding plugin splash (splash)
Adding plugin trailfocus (trailfocus)
Adding plugin fakeargb (fakeargb)
Adding plugin snow (snow)
Adding plugin tile (tile)
Backend : ini
Integration : true
Profile : default
Initializing core options...done
/usr/bin/compiz.real: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/compiz/libdecoration.so: undefined symbol: decor_apply_gravity
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 170
Major opcode: 148
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 170
Major opcode: 148
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device


Switched back to Beryl and found out that my window borders dissapeared when using Emerald. They used to work before installing fusion and updating emerald with the package from these new repo's.

Now i have to use the GTK window manager with Beryl. I should've just stayed put ffs :mad:

[Skavenger]

hi, i have a question
what's the diference between compiz, compiz git and compiz fusion?

[Sokraates]

hi, i have a question
what's the diference between compiz, compiz git and compiz fusion?

Compiz is the core application with only the most basic eye candy. Think of it as Compiz Fusion's kernel.

Compiz Fusion is the project formed by the merger of Compiz Extras and Beryl. Compiz Fusion provides all the advanced effects and eye candy. It is built on Compiz and requires Compiz to run.

Compiz git is the source-tree, where development happens. AFAIK only Compiz Fusion uses git. Often used alternatives to git are svn or cvs. The builds we use today are biult from the git-tree, since there is no official release of Compiz Fusion yet.

[AriciU]

When I add either "compiz --replace and in another emerald --replace &" or "comiz --replace -c emerald &" to the start-up menu. It boots up, lets me log in, then I get a black screen with my cursor. I can sometimes restart X and everything is fine. Usually when I restart X though, I get a problem with the top and bottom panels. I can boot into standard metacity and then run the command "comiz --replace -c emerald &" and it switches to compiz just fine. It is quite frustrating.

Open the Konsole -> gconf-editor -> desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager

Set "current" and "default" to /usr/bin/metacity

System / Preferences / Sessions / add "compiz --replace -c emerald &"

ctrl+alt+backspace or /etc/init.d/gdm restart and everything should be loading fine.

Worked for me anyway.

[Robert Doucette]

Hello,

I followed this tutorial and everything seemed to install fine, however compiz doesn't seem to want to start. this is the out put of compiz --replace

robert@ubuntu:~$ compiz --replace
compiz (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

I have beryl installed and running on my machine (a Dell Inspiron 5100 with an ATI card) and it has never given me problems. When I try to switch to compiz I lose the borders on my windows and I can't change between windows. The libdecorations package is up todate (because I saw early in this post that it could be a problem) and I am not too sure what to do. If this could help here is the output of glxinfo |grep rendering

robert@ubuntu:~$ glxinfo |grep rendering
direct rendering: Yes

I am relatively new to Ubuntu and Linux so any help would be greatly appreciated. I love Ubuntu and think the guys at Canonical have done a wonderful job.

[JGT]

Hi

I'm new to Linux and have been experimenting happily with my new "dual boot" set-up for a few weeks.

Can you please tell me if it's worth my while installing Compix Fusion. I don't have a dedicated graphics card; instead I have a cheapo Dell 3100 with an Intel Pentium 4 630 (3GHz) processor and integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900, with 512 RAM.

Dell only gave me two PCI slots (no spares), so a dedicated graphics card is out of the question at the moment.

The default 7.04 "Desktop Effects" Cube and wobbly windows work fine.

Can Compix Fusion run on my set up, or do I need a graphics card?

Many thanks

John

[pcfreak]

I did everything stated in the guide, and when I try to run 'compiz --replace', everything on the desktop disappears, the bar at the top over the program I run (wich was firefox, since I was reading the thread) dissipears, then after a short while compiz fusion freezes and throws me out to the login screen, and I have to log in again, then the standard gnome desktop appears, if I try again, the same happens again.

I am using Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty, I even tried installing emerald, emerald-themes and xserver-xgl, even though it was staded for other problems... still does'nt work... Any idea how to solve this?

[Imarri01]

my cude doesnt work, it seems like i only have 1 desktop, any ideas how to fix this?

[HotShot]

Open the Konsole -> gconf-editor -> desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager

Set "current" and "default" to /usr/bin/metacity


GREAT! :D

This solve my problem that the session start of compiz --replace didnt work without delay. Now i got compiz fusion at startup! Cool!

HAPPY HS
EDIT: This delay is the bug reported here (http://forums.opencompositing.org/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=729). Can anyone confirm?

[AriciU]

I did everything stated in the guide, and when I try to run 'compiz --replace', everything on the desktop disappears, the bar at the top over the program I run (wich was firefox, since I was reading the thread) dissipears, then after a short while compiz fusion freezes and throws me out to the login screen, and I have to log in again, then the standard gnome desktop appears, if I try again, the same happens again.

I am using Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty, I even tried installing emerald, emerald-themes and xserver-xgl, even though it was staded for other problems... still does'nt work... Any idea how to solve this?

Go to System / Administration / Synaptic packet manager and search for "libdecoration". You will find 2 entries, libdecoration and libdecoration-dev. Mark them both and click apply. It will update to version 0.5 if you don't have it already.

Fixed compiz for me and made it load fine. Let me know if it works...

[213374U]

Searched the entire thread and couldn't find an answer to my question. To "Add Keys" simply copy and paste into terminal, correct? If so, after I do that, it adds one key. Then when I run

sudo apt-get update

It gives me this


Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:4 http://download.tuxfamily.org feisty Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://download.tuxfamily.org feisty/eyecandy Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release
Get:5 http://download.tuxfamily.org feisty Release [10.5kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/restricted Sources
Ign http://download.tuxfamily.org feisty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/multiverse Sources
Get:6 http://download.tuxfamily.org feisty/eyecandy Packages [14.3kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Sources
Get:7 http://download.tuxfamily.org feisty/eyecandy Sources [37B]
Fetched 25.1kB in 1s (20.2kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://download.tuxfamily.org feisty Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2D6CFB44DD800CD9
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems


Tried getting this running before and couldn't. I'm now on a fresh Ubuntu install (Feisty) and I still got this. Haven't proceeded any further because I think this is where the hang up is.

[Vorian]

you need the key

do this in a terminal
KEY=81836EBF; gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv $KEY && gpg --export --armor $KEY | sudo apt-key add -



and then

sudo apt-get update

[213374U]

That's exactly what I did, and upon update, it gave me the error messages (missing key) listed in my last post.

[BOBSONATOR]

thanks for this great how-to

[c.dric]

That's exactly what I did, and upon update, it gave me the error messages (missing key) listed in my last post.

it happened to me a couple of times too ...

repeat those two commands once or twice until the error goes away (it worked for me)
KEY=81836EBF; gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv $KEY && gpg --export --armor $KEY | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update

[KriZo]

Hi i'm having a lot of problems now

krizo@krizo:~$ sudo apt-get install compiz # compiz-gnome
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
compiz is already the newest version.
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
compiz: Depends: compiz-decorator
compiz-gnome: Depends: compiz-gtk (= 1:0.3.6-1ubuntu13) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


krizo@krizo:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
compiz-gnome
The following packages will be upgraded:
compiz-gnome
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/165kB of archives.
After unpacking 1294kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LANG = "en_DK"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
(Reading database ... 135410 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace compiz-gnome 1:0.3.6-1ubuntu13 (using .../compiz-gnome_1%3a0.5.1+git20070626~3v1ubuntu0_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement compiz-gnome ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-gnome_1%3a0.5.1+git20070626~3v1ubuntu0_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/compiz/libgconf.so', which is also in package compiz-plugins
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-gnome_1%3a0.5.1+git20070626~3v1ubuntu0_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


please help me i can't install any other applications now.

[smartboyathome]

remove the # from the line and try installing again.

[KriZo]

#136

didn't work

krizo@krizo:~$ sudo apt-get install compiz compiz-gnome
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
compiz is already the newest version.
The following packages will be upgraded:
compiz-gnome
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/165kB of archives.
After unpacking 1294kB of additional disk space will be used.
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LANG = "en_DK"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
(Reading database ... 135410 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace compiz-gnome 1:0.3.6-1ubuntu13 (using .../compiz-gnome_1%3a0.5.1+git20070626~3v1ubuntu0_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement compiz-gnome ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-gnome_1%3a0.5.1+git20070626~3v1ubuntu0_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/compiz/libgconf.so', which is also in package compiz-plugins
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-gnome_1%3a0.5.1+git20070626~3v1ubuntu0_i386.deb
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://wine.budgetdedicated.com feisty/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/wine.budgetdedicated.com_apt_dists_feisty_main_bin ary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[pvravi]

Need some help, please.

Had beryl. Followed the guide, removed Beryl from Startup and compiz --replace gives this:

~$ compiz --replace
Adding core settings (General Options)
Adding plugin annotate (annotate)
Adding plugin blur (blur)
Adding plugin clone (clone)
Adding plugin cube (cube)
Adding plugin dbus (dbus)
Adding plugin decoration (decoration)
Adding plugin fade (fade)
Adding plugin fs (fs)
Adding plugin glib (glib)
Adding plugin inotify (inotify)
Adding plugin minimize (minimize)
Adding plugin move (move)
Adding plugin place (place)
Adding plugin plane (plane)
Adding plugin png (png)
Adding plugin regex (regex)
Adding plugin resize (resize)
Adding plugin rotate (rotate)
Adding plugin scale (scale)
Adding plugin screenshot (screenshot)
Adding plugin svg (svg)
Adding plugin switcher (switcher)
Adding plugin video (video)
Adding plugin water (water)
Adding plugin wobbly (wobbly)
Adding plugin zoom (zoom)
Adding plugin animation (animation)
Adding plugin expo (expo)
Adding plugin imgjpeg (imgjpeg)
Adding plugin neg (neg)
Adding plugin opacify (opacify)
Adding plugin put (put)
Adding plugin resizeinfo (resizeinfo)
Adding plugin ring (ring)
Adding plugin scaleaddon (scaleaddon)
Adding plugin snap (snap)
Adding plugin text (text)
Adding plugin thumbnail (thumbnail)
Adding plugin vpswitch (vpswitch)
Adding plugin wall (wall)
Adding plugin winrules (winrules)
Adding plugin addhelper (addhelper)
Adding plugin bench (bench)
Adding plugin crashhandler (crashhandler)
Adding plugin cubereflex (cubereflex)
Adding plugin extrawm (extrawm)
Adding plugin fadedesktop (fadedesktop)
Adding plugin firepaint (firepaint)
Adding plugin group (group)
Adding plugin mblur (mblur)
Adding plugin reflex (reflex)
Adding plugin showdesktop (showdesktop)
Adding plugin splash (splash)
Adding plugin trailfocus (trailfocus)
Adding plugin fakeargb (fakeargb)
Adding plugin snow (snow)
Adding plugin tile (tile)
Backend : gconf
Integration : true
Profile : default
Initializing core options...done
Initializing decoration options...done
Initializing minimize options...done
Initializing move options...done
Initializing place options...done
Initializing resize options...done
Initializing wobbly options...done
GConf backend: There is an unsupported value at path /apps/compiz/plugins/wobbly/screen0/options/friction. Settings from this path won't be read. Try to remove that value so that operation can continue properly.
GConf backend: There is an unsupported value at path /apps/compiz/plugins/wobbly/screen0/options/spring_k. Settings from this path won't be read. Try to remove that value so that operation can continue properly.
Initializing zoom options...done
Initializing fade options...done
Initializing cube options...done
Initializing rotate options...done
Initializing scale options...done
Initializing switcher options...done


I see NO window decorations whatsoever - there are tool tips at those place, but nothing visible. No cube either - I had it in beryl. Compizconfig-Backend-Gconf is selected. I haven't touched the default settings otherwise.

Help! Please!

thanks
pvravi

[pvravi]

Update: I selected GTK window decorator and metacity in beryl, and quit beryl. Then I issued the compiz --replace command.

Still the same console output as above, but I do see the default human theme decorators. No Cube still.

Still Need Help!

Thanks
pvravi

[pvravi]

OK. Cube worked by changing the gconf-editor hsize.

Now for the window decorations. How can I change 'em? Are there beryl-like themes I can get?

thanks
pvravi

[smartboyathome]

you should be able to use emerald to get themes for it.

[dbbolton]

I have ATi X1900 XT and proprietary drivers installed on my machine (default from Feisty repositories)

mikv@hawk:~$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: Yes
mikv@hawk:~$ glxinfo | grep texture_from_pixmap
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,

But last step of this guide ends with following errors

mikv@hawk:~$ compiz --replace
Fatal: Failed test: texture_from_pixmap support
Checks indicate that it's impossible to start compiz on your system.


Any ideas?
i have a different card, but almost the same issue. did you ever figure this out?

[the8thstar]

I give up. Way too much hassle, problems, etc. This program sucks.

:mad:

[got_nix]

I'm getting the same errors, I have an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M

I have ATi X1900 XT and proprietary drivers installed on my machine (default from Feisty repositories)

mikv@hawk:~$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: Yes
mikv@hawk:~$ glxinfo | grep texture_from_pixmap
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,

But last step of this guide ends with following errors

mikv@hawk:~$ compiz --replace
Fatal: Failed test: texture_from_pixmap support
Checks indicate that it's impossible to start compiz on your system.


Any ideas?


same issue. hre. ati x1300.. yet again ati gets left in the shadows? we had similar issues with beryl.. couldn't get beryl working as easy as the other cards could :(

[PRGUY85]

Hey there:

I installed Compiz-Fusion and have it working wonderfully on my laptop. Yet, it doesn't start automatically every time I boot up Ubuntu. I have to do the following command every time on my terminal:

compiz --replace -c emerald &

I added the command to my startup list on Preferences---Sessions, yet it doesn't work. I have to do it on terminal each time.

How do I make Compiz-Fusion work everytime I log on?

[Innova]

I am having problems getting fusion running. I currently have Beryl .2 rc3 working, but I like having the latest and greatest:


wesley@mediacenter:~$ sudo apt-get -y remove compiz-core desktop-effects
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
compiz: Depends: compiz-core but it is not going to be installed
Depends: compiz-decorator
compiz-gnome: Depends: compiz-gtk (= 1:0.3.6-1ubuntu13) but it is not going to be installed
compiz-plugins: Depends: compiz-core (= 1:0.3.6-1ubuntu13) but it is not going to be installed
ubuntu-desktop: Depends: desktop-effects but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gimp-print but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: totem-mozilla but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
wesley@mediacenter:~$


Then when I try sudo apt-get -f install:


wesley@mediacenter:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
compiz-gnome
The following packages will be upgraded:
compiz-gnome
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 19 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/165kB of archives.
After unpacking 1294kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 144505 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace compiz-gnome 1:0.3.6-1ubuntu13 (using .../compiz-gnome_1%3a0.5.1+git20070626~3v1ubuntu0_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement compiz-gnome ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-gnome_1%3a0.5.1+git20070626~3v1ubuntu0_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/compiz/libgconf.so', which is also in package compiz-plugins
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-gnome_1%3a0.5.1+git20070626~3v1ubuntu0_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
wesley@mediacenter:~$


I guess I'm not sure where to go from here...

Edit: I just started up Synaptic and it said that I had two broken packages. I clicked on edit->fix broken packages:


E: /var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-gnome_1%3a0.5.1+git20070626~3v1ubuntu0_i386.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/compiz/libgconf.so', which is also in package compiz-plugins

[kevinlang21]

I get no titlebars. I tried everything in this thread, but it still doesn't work. this is my error message:


kevin@computer:~$ compiz --replace -c emerald &
[1] 14627
kevin@computer:~$ Adding plugin splash (splash)
Adding plugin thumbnail (thumbnail)
Adding plugin opacify (opacify)
Adding plugin cubereflex (cubereflex)
Adding plugin video (video)
Adding plugin wobbly (wobbly)
Adding plugin neg (neg)
Adding plugin resizeinfo (resizeinfo)
Adding plugin glib (glib)
Adding plugin group (group)
Adding plugin png (png)
Adding plugin snow (snow)
Adding plugin reflex (reflex)
Adding plugin scaleaddon (scaleaddon)
Adding plugin screenshot (screenshot)
Adding plugin regex (regex)
Adding plugin zoom (zoom)
Adding plugin clone (clone)
Adding plugin extrawm (extrawm)
Adding plugin fakeargb (fakeargb)
Adding plugin imgjpeg (imgjpeg)
Adding plugin rotate (rotate)
Adding plugin bench (bench)
Adding plugin fade (fade)
Adding plugin fadedesktop (fadedesktop)
Adding plugin firepaint (firepaint)
Adding plugin dbus (dbus)
Adding plugin switcher (switcher)
Adding plugin blur (blur)
Adding plugin addhelper (addhelper)
Adding plugin trailfocus (trailfocus)
Adding plugin showdesktop (showdesktop)
Adding plugin move (move)
Adding plugin minimize (minimize)
Adding plugin water (water)
Adding plugin text (text)
Adding plugin fs (fs)
Adding plugin inotify (inotify)
Adding plugin put (put)
Adding plugin resize (resize)
Adding plugin decoration (decoration)
Adding plugin animation (animation)
Adding plugin svg (svg)
Adding plugin vpswitch (vpswitch)
Adding plugin plane (plane)
Adding plugin cube (cube)
Adding plugin expo (expo)
Adding plugin scale (scale)
Adding plugin crashhandler (crashhandler)
Adding plugin winrules (winrules)
Adding plugin place (place)
Adding plugin ring (ring)
Adding plugin annotate (annotate)
Adding plugin mblur (mblur)
Adding plugin wall (wall)
Adding plugin tile (tile)
Adding plugin snap (snap)
Adding core settings (General Options)
Backend : ini
Integration : true
Profile : default
Initializing core options...done
Initializing zoom options...done
Initializing move options...done
Initializing minimize options...done
Initializing resize options...done
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32
Initializing decoration options...done
Initializing place options...done
Initializing wobbly options...done
Initializing fade options...done
Initializing cube options...done
Initializing scale options...done
Initializing rotate options...done
Initializing switcher options...done
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32


Thanks for your help

[detyabozhye]

I give up. Way too much hassle, problems, etc. This program sucks.

:mad:

Doesn't this make any sense?:

... Compiz Fuzion is NOT for Beginners. It is in development now, and is not stable.
...
Use at your own risk ...

[detyabozhye]

I typed this:

root@the8thstar-laptop:/home/the8thstar# compiz --replace
Fatal: Compiz can't be ran using VESA or VGA divers.

I'm using an Intel 945M chipset so why is compiz acting like a crybaby? Is something wrong with my xorgconf file?

You should run compiz as a regular user, not as root. And check which driver you are using in your xorg.conf file.

[dexter]

I get no titlebars. I tried everything in this thread, but it still doesn't work. this is my error message:


kevin@computer:~$ compiz --replace -c emerald &
[1] 14627
kevin@computer:~$ Adding plugin splash (splash)
Adding plugin thumbnail (thumbnail)
Adding plugin opacify (opacify)
Adding plugin cubereflex (cubereflex)
Adding plugin video (video)
Adding plugin wobbly (wobbly)
Adding plugin neg (neg)
Adding plugin resizeinfo (resizeinfo)
Adding plugin glib (glib)
Adding plugin group (group)
Adding plugin png (png)
Adding plugin snow (snow)
Adding plugin reflex (reflex)
Adding plugin scaleaddon (scaleaddon)
Adding plugin screenshot (screenshot)
Adding plugin regex (regex)
Adding plugin zoom (zoom)
Adding plugin clone (clone)
Adding plugin extrawm (extrawm)
Adding plugin fakeargb (fakeargb)
Adding plugin imgjpeg (imgjpeg)
Adding plugin rotate (rotate)
Adding plugin bench (bench)
Adding plugin fade (fade)
Adding plugin fadedesktop (fadedesktop)
Adding plugin firepaint (firepaint)
Adding plugin dbus (dbus)
Adding plugin switcher (switcher)
Adding plugin blur (blur)
Adding plugin addhelper (addhelper)
Adding plugin trailfocus (trailfocus)
Adding plugin showdesktop (showdesktop)
Adding plugin move (move)
Adding plugin minimize (minimize)
Adding plugin water (water)
Adding plugin text (text)
Adding plugin fs (fs)
Adding plugin inotify (inotify)
Adding plugin put (put)
Adding plugin resize (resize)
Adding plugin decoration (decoration)
Adding plugin animation (animation)
Adding plugin svg (svg)
Adding plugin vpswitch (vpswitch)
Adding plugin plane (plane)
Adding plugin cube (cube)
Adding plugin expo (expo)
Adding plugin scale (scale)
Adding plugin crashhandler (crashhandler)
Adding plugin winrules (winrules)
Adding plugin place (place)
Adding plugin ring (ring)
Adding plugin annotate (annotate)
Adding plugin mblur (mblur)
Adding plugin wall (wall)
Adding plugin tile (tile)
Adding plugin snap (snap)
Adding core settings (General Options)
Backend : ini
Integration : true
Profile : default
Initializing core options...done
Initializing zoom options...done
Initializing move options...done
Initializing minimize options...done
Initializing resize options...done
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32
Initializing decoration options...done
Initializing place options...done
Initializing wobbly options...done
Initializing fade options...done
Initializing cube options...done
Initializing scale options...done
Initializing rotate options...done
Initializing switcher options...done
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) - Warn: No GLXFBConfig for depth 32


Thanks for your help

Do you have an nvidia card and did you let nvidia-settings overwrite your xorg.conf ?

[astralsin]

root@odin:/var/www# apt-get -y install compiz compiz-gtk compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-fusion-plugins-extra libcompizconfig-backend-gconf
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
compiz-gtk: Depends: compiz-core (= 1:0.3.6-1ubuntu13) but 1:0.5.1+git20070627~3v1ubuntu0 is to be installed
E: Broken packages


anyone got a fix for this one?

[wvengen]

astralsin: I bet you're having a 64 bit system, for which most packages are unavailable yet unfortunately.
$ uname -m
x86_64

[VDVsx]

root@odin:/var/www# apt-get -y install compiz compiz-gtk compizconf