Problem with compiz/cube desktop

[brunnhilde]

Hi everybody.

After a long struggle I'm finally enjoying my brand new Mint Debian and so far so great. However, I can't get the desktop cube to work. I start compiz and select the 'rotate cube' option and it asks to enable desktop cube so I do that as well. But nothing happens. I have four desktops but I still see the default window switcher instead of the cube when I move between them. I've read I have to disable 'desktop wall' but can't find that option on compiz.
It's not a big deal, cube or no cube I can work perfectly, but it's a nice effect and I'd like to make it work. Any suggestion I could try?

Thanks!

[twa]

brunhilde,
assuming U have installed and activated the correct drivers for your graphic card, first open the terminal and type the command

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compiz -- replace

after that go to System>Preferences>Startup Applications
one window will open, click on the ADD buttont to the right, another window will open and in the fields type what U see in my attachment.
click on ADD button (right to the low) and close.
install also these plugins

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sudo apt-get install compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-fusion-plugins-extra

shut-down and restart the computer.
p.s. am writing from an italian system so my translation will differ from the english install.
ciao

[brunnhilde]

Thanks twa! It worked perfectly

[wilhelm]

I also found this very helpful! Thank you.

[Azati Prime]

http://www.jejik.com/articles/2008/10/h ... _in_gnome/

In virtually every compiz tutorial you read on the net you will find the following advice on starting compiz when you log in:

Open System -> Preferences -> Sessions and add “compiz --replace” to the startup programs list.

That is wrong and it should be expunged from the internet IMHO. If you do that, your GDM will first start metacity, then start nautilus (desktop) and gnome-sesssion-manager, which in turn will start compiz. So you’re starting one window manager only to replace it with another shortly afterwards. You can see this clearly because it takes a while for compiz to start up and load your window decorator (like emerald) after replacing metacity.

The proper way to do this is to tell Gnome to use compiz as your default window manager and not use metacity at all. Simply put this in your ~/.gnomerc (create that file if it does not exist yet):

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export WINDOW_MANAGER=/usr/bin/compiz

Spread the word!

[ixeksita]

brunhilde,
assuming U have installed and activated the correct drivers for your graphic card, first open the terminal and type the command

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compiz -- replace

after that go to System>Preferences>Startup Applications
one window will open, click on the ADD buttont to the right, another window will open and in the fields type what U see in my attachment.
click on ADD button (right to the low) and close.
install also these plugins

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sudo apt-get install compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-fusion-plugins-extra

shut-down and restart the computer.
p.s. am writing from an italian system so my translation will differ from the english install.
ciao

You mention an attachement but I don't know where to see it.. can anyone help me and tell me what should I put in the ADD window?

[twa]

ixeksita