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moebob24
January 8th, 2008, 09:22 PM
I just set all my windows to complete transparency and now I can find the buttons to change it back. :(:(:(
Is there a way to reverse this?

Please help me all I can see is my wallpaper and the one icon on my desktop.

EDIT:
I am using Compiz-fusion if that helps.
Corvo78
January 9th, 2008, 04:43 AM
Okay, you could try this:

In case you aren't at your desktop yet, do so.
At your desktop press ALT-F2 (this brings up the 'run' dialog, in your case it is invisible).
Now type this:
metacity --replace
and then press your Enter key.

If all goes well Compiz is replaced with Metacity (Gnome's default window manager).
Since Metacity doesn't share Compiz's settings, things should be visible again.

Btw, even in Metacity you can use Compiz's settings manager to change the transparency to something *ehm* more useable ;)
If you changed the transparency option and feel confident to try Compiz again, hit ALT-F2 and type:
compiz --replace
and press Enter.


Goodluck!
Forlong
January 9th, 2008, 05:01 PM
After system boot, choose the GNOME failsafe session in GDM, this will start GNOME without Compiz.
There you can run ccsm and reset things.
rune0077
January 9th, 2008, 05:34 PM
Holding down Alt and scrolling the mousewheel will raise/lower transparency on whatever window you happen to be over. So you could just move the cursor to the vicinity where you think the CCSM should be, hold down Alt and scroll up - this should make the window visible so you can fix the issue.
moebob24
January 9th, 2008, 11:14 PM
Holding down Alt and scrolling the mousewheel will raise/lower transparency on whatever window you happen to be over. So you could just move the cursor to the vicinity where you think the CCSM should be, hold down Alt and scroll up - this should make the window visible so you can fix the issue.

Thanks for the help. I actually went into the command line interface and entered
metacity --replace

and that worked, I didnt know i could change the transparency by holding alt and scrolling that is cool. plus it wont let u go 100% so u can't pull an idiot move like me.

Thanks for the responses