metacity --replace chops off the bottom half of screen

[earthpigg]

ubuntu 9.04, fairly fresh install.

one of the first things i generally do on a clean install is enable compiz.

this is what my display normally looks like:

[IMG]http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n59/earthpiglite/compizon.jpg

but if i enter 'metacity --replace' (or use the compiz icon to switch), this is what my display ends up looking like:

[IMG]http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n59/earthpiglite/compizoff.jpg

as you can see, there is a black void at the bottom that eats up parts of windows.

anyone have any ideas?

[earthpigg]

bump

[overdrank]

The black box around AWN is because it need compiz. So when you use the command metcity --replace this disables compiz and the result is the black box.

[earthpigg]

that did it, thanks!

[glennric]

AWN will work with metacity if you enable compositing for metacity. You can do this with the gconf-editor. However, once you have enabled compositing for metacity you will not be able to restart compiz until you disable compositing for metacity again.