Joseph Loo skrev:

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After I installed ATI 8.42, Compiz fusion worked as it should - however, I got the common problem of the systray icons being scattered around, and the kicker panel not working properly.

I thought it might be a good idea to install fusion-icon - in order to quickly switch compiz on and off. But the next time I logged on, the once-working Compiz was reduced to a sad state - unmovable windows without borders/window decorations, no working visual effects, etc. Of course, I tried to remove fusion-icon again, but it didn't help.

I tried to manually start compiz:

compiz-manager &

didn't do it,

compiz --replace ccp &

gave me the broken desktop with the borderless windows.

Any ideas?

Regards, Magnar.

Sounds like your decorator setting is messed up. Use the Compiz-fusion icon and setup your decorator. I like the emerald settings, so I use that for my decorator. If it is set with the wrong decorator that is what you get.

I finally got it working - after my initial batch of problems the other day, I uninstalled everything compiz and fusion related, but today I summoned the courage and patience to give it another try. Reinstalled it, fiddled around some, and what do you know? Suddenly it works like a dream - and damn (pardon my french), this is a good looking desktop! Not entirely stable, I had one case of window decorations suddenly disappearing, but then I just switched to KWin and back again using the Fusion Icon, and window decorations were back. But still - wow! I never thought I would get enthusiastic about visual gimmicks and such... I wish I could make it a learning experience for me and others by finding out what went wrong the last time, but I am not quite sure. Maybe it was what you suggested; the decorator setting. Thanks, Magnar. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org