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matanster
Asked: 2014-02-09 06:53:11 +0800 CST

Reset compiz from command-line

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I am considering enabling the ring switcher (or other) effects that come along with compiz extras on my Ubuntu 13.10. The default app switcher is not that much to my liking - navigating multiple windows of a same app is clumsy as hell and overall it's very old school.

So when I am about to add the ring switcher to replace the default alt-tab behavior, an intimidating :) question about whether I choose to ignore or resolve conflicts show up. Would there be a way for me to reset all this setup back from the command-line in case that renders my server desktopless as some people have reported about other kinds of compiz fiddling? there's a whole slew of stuff at How can I reset Compiz settings to default? and I really wonder which of them is the clean way if any.

Also will applying this change still be safe once I'd upgrade to the future Ubuntu 14.04?

13.10

1 Answers

  1. first install dconf-tools

    sudo apt-get install dconf-tools

    reset Compiz and Unity by using the following command:

    dconf reset -f /org/compiz/

    restart Unity after running the above command

    setsid unity
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