mikesd1@verizon.net wrote:

On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 12:57 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:

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(2) do you mean that none of your settings are saved?

David,

That is exactly what I meant. I did as you reccomended and deleted the compiz directory. That helped at least fix my setup (I borked it kinda...) I don't have fusion -icon and it's not in the repos that I could see. Ufortunately I won't be able to work on this again really until the weekend.

I figured what I would do is uninstall compiz again and then reinstall it again after I have deleted the compiz directory.

I don't know if this would be of any use, but my compiz config files are ---------------------- mikesd ~/.config/compiz/compizconfig $ cat config [kde4_session] backend = ini profile =

[general] profile = integration = true

-------------------------- mikesd ~/.config/compiz/compizconfig $ cat Default.ini [core] as_active_plugins =

core;dbus;resize;glx;regex;decoration;wm;minimize;workarounds;png;zoom;wobbly;place;fade;move;cube;3d;switcher;rotate;scale;cubeaddon;

s0_outputs = 1024x768+0+0;

[cubeaddon] s0_sphere_aspect = 0.850900 s0_deformation = 2

[cube] as_next_slide_key = Disabled --------------------------

I hope you don't mind if I pester you a little while I work on this over the weekend...or anyone on the list that reads this.

Thank you for your help.

I don't mind at all. Compiz is truly a thing of beauty and well worth the effort to get right. I never really used multiple desktops until compiz made their use so intuitive by painting the desktops on the side of a box. The cylinder is just another step up. The jury is still out on the sphere... If you are going to do this right and get compiz set up once and for all, then follow this list and it will minimize (or hopefully eliminate) and problems: (1) Make sure your video card drivers are installed right and xorg.conf is properly configured. For the ATI fglrx driver, make sure you have the following sections at the end of your xorg.conf (Yes, you really can edit it by hand...) Section "DRI" Group "video" Mode 0660 EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "on" Option "DAMAGE" "true" EndSection for nVidia, it's similar. The only difference is no DAMAGE option is required: Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection (2) completely remove your old compiz install. As root (or sudo): rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep compiz) $(rpm -qa | grep ccsm) fusion-icon delete your ~/.config/compiz directory and also delete ~/.xcompmgrrc (3) Use *only* the XGL repository for the fresh compiz install, make sure you are pulling the packages from: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.0/ (for 10.3 use) http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_10.3/ fusion-icon is available in both and I do recommend installing it for the convenience it provides. For 11.0, I have the following packages installed: compiz-0.7.8-9.1 compizconfig-settings-manager-0.7.8-2.4 compiz-emerald-0.7.8-2.4 compiz-emerald-themes-0.6.0-16.1 compiz-fusion-plugins-extra-0.7.8-4.2 compiz-fusion-plugins-main-0.7.8-3.3 compiz-kde-0.7.8-9.1 fusion-icon-0.0.1_080201-3.1 libcompizconfig-0.7.8-3.4 python-compizconfig-0.7.8-2.4 (4) After the package install, start compiz with fusion-icon and then right-click the icon in your system tray to select kde or emerald decor and for quick access to ccsm to configure compiz the way you like. When you enable ring switcher and shift switcher you will be asked to disable duplicate shortcut key assignments. Just answer with the default disable and it will take care of it for you. That's it. You should now have a rock-solid compiz install that is worth the work to get right. If you have problems, look back over steps 1-4 and if that doesn't fix it, post again. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org