Compiz Fusion

[lxnay]

Just tested Compiz Fusion, will hit 3.4 (even if it's not released yet)

[eduardhc]

Just tested Compiz Fusion, will hit 3.4 (even if it's not released yet)

Those are VERY good news . Keep up the good work!
Cheers.

[tekwyzrd]

Hi all

I just tried the latest compiz-Fusion (0.1.5) in ubuntu 7.0.4 (set up here http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-I ... 8113.shtml)

I'm very excited with this as it seems just a stable as beryl 0.2.1 did and has more features. Not sure what's happening with emerald though. Here's a screenshot of the control center for compiz-fusion. Looks quite nicely organized.



I really hope they will include compiz-fusion in SL 3.4. Does any one know if they are going to or not?

All the best

Dave

I can see that as I suspected the project is now under the influence of those who hate or are confused by detailed options. From the look of the screenshot much of the functionality has been sacrificed in favor of integration with Gnome or Ubuntu.

I hate Gnome, and their attitude that users are too stupid to understand anything more than the simplest of options.

[dave_p_b]

Hi

The screen shot I gave might be a bit misleading. You don't just get the option of tick boxes. When you click on the bit to the right of each tick box you get a screen that pops up full of options, similar to that of the beryl-manager. There's definately no functionality lost with the new compiz control-manager.
I should of gave more screen shots Hope that's cleared it up.

Cheers

Dave

[wolfden]

Well if ya ask me, none of the control managers have been that great yet. You still spend time hunting down where things are.

[Wait...What?]

Found this great "How to install Compiz Fusion" on the wiki.
http://www.sabayonlinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Latest_Compiz-Fusion

I followed it exactly without uninstalling Beryl or Compiz that come with 3.4 loop 3. Do they need to be removed in order for Fusion to work properly?

If I run Compiz with:

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# compiz --replace ccp --sm-disable

There is a dbus error. Compiz starts, but if I configure it nothing changes. I'm guessing that Fusion is not starting, but Compiz that comes w/ 3.4 is instead. I also have to open a new session to run Emerald because the terminal just hangs after the dbus error.

[wolfden]

Found this great "How to install Compiz Fusion" on the wiki.
http://www.sabayonlinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Latest_Compiz-Fusion

Ummm that method is really weird way of doing it


Use:
http://wiki.gentoo-xeffects.org/Compiz_Fusion

you do not need to be editing layman.cfg, or adding layman to package.keywords and layman is already installed so no need to emerge it

just add the packages to your /etc/portage/package.keywords

and emerge it

[Wait...What?]

Thanks Wolfden, your input is always appreciated.

[wolfden]

I edited it, the wiki - removed the unnecessary layman stuff

[Wait...What?]

Back again... Tried again from scratch, but the same error appears. Here's what I get when I try to run compiz:

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localhost chris # compiz --replace ccp --sm-disable
Adding plugin inotify (inotify)
Adding plugin decoration (decoration)
Adding plugin water (water)
Adding plugin place (place)
Adding plugin minimize (minimize)
Adding plugin resizeinfo (resizeinfo)
Adding plugin svg (svg)
Adding plugin fade (fade)
Adding plugin clone (clone)
Adding plugin firepaint (firepaint)
Adding plugin dbus (dbus)
Adding plugin winrules (winrules)
Adding plugin showdesktop (showdesktop)
Adding plugin snap (snap)
Adding plugin zoom (zoom)
Adding plugin wall (wall)
Adding plugin blur (blur)
Adding plugin extrawm (extrawm)
Adding plugin regex (regex)
Adding plugin addhelper (addhelper)
Adding plugin plane (plane)
Adding core settings (General Options)
Adding plugin opacify (opacify)
Adding plugin reflex (reflex)
Adding plugin move (move)
Adding plugin ring (ring)
Adding plugin vpswitch (vpswitch)
Adding plugin fadedesktop (fadedesktop)
Adding plugin switcher (switcher)
Adding plugin png (png)
Adding plugin mblur (mblur)
Adding plugin scaleaddon (scaleaddon)
Adding plugin wobbly (wobbly)
Adding plugin fs (fs)
Adding plugin snow (snow)
Adding plugin tile (tile)
Adding plugin resize (resize)
Adding plugin glib (glib)
Adding plugin screenshot (screenshot)
Adding plugin group (group)
Adding plugin cubereflex (cubereflex)
Adding plugin fakeargb (fakeargb)
Adding plugin splash (splash)
Adding plugin neg (neg)
Adding plugin thumbnail (thumbnail)
Adding plugin crashhandler (crashhandler)
Adding plugin imgjpeg (imgjpeg)
Adding plugin text (text)
Adding plugin scale (scale)
Adding plugin annotate (annotate)
Adding plugin bench (bench)
Adding plugin cube (cube)
Adding plugin put (put)
Adding plugin video (video)
Adding plugin expo (expo)
Adding plugin animation (animation)
Adding plugin rotate (rotate)
Adding plugin trailfocus (trailfocus)
Backend     : ini
Integration : true
Profile     : default
Initializing core options...done
Initializing decoration options...done
Initializing place options...done
Initializing minimize options...done
compiz (dbus) - Error: dbus_bus_get error: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't activate plugin 'dbus'
Initializing zoom options...done
Initializing move options...done
Initializing wobbly options...done
Initializing resize options...done
Initializing fade options...done
Initializing cube options...done
Initializing rotate options...done
Initializing switcher options...done
Initializing scale options...done
Active Plugin List update



This is where it stops. Compiz actually starts, the windows wobble and I can rotate the cube with Alt+Ctl Arrows. There are no decorations and since the terminal gets stuck after Active Plugin List update I have to close the session start a new one and then start Emerald.

From there when I try to configure Compiz, nothing takes effect. I can see and change all of the tantalizing options available but nothing ever happens.