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mydoghasworms
Asked: 2011-08-21 11:09:28 +0800 CST

How do I enable Compiz in xubuntu?

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I would like to use Compiz in Xubuntu (under xfce obviously).

I have seen this tutorial: http://www.ghacks.net/2010/07/11/run-compiz-with-xfce4/

Firstly, this didn't work well for me, because when trying compiz –replace ccp & in a terminal, it tells me there is no plugin such as cpp, and the window decorations are lost right away.

Is there a reliable way to run Compiz with XFCE, please? I miss my desktop cube.

UPDATE

Thanks for the answers so far. Just running compiz --replace still causes the complete loss of window decorations.

Also, I tried fossfreedom's suggestion, and then I get the output below. I installed emerald initially because it was complaining about not finding it, but I think I had the segfault even without emerald.

(some other output)
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/usr/bin/emerald: Screen 0 on display ":0.0" already has a decoration manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current decoration manager.
Segmentation fault
Setting Update "command"

UPDATE 2

Well, turns out that just trying to run emerald by itself ends with a segfault, and apparently this is a known bug. Used the solution here to resolve that problem: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/get-emerald-to-work-in-ubuntu-1104.html

Still, I wasn't actually hoping to use Emerald, but what the heck.

11.04

4 Answers

  1. The following works for me:

    sudo apt-get install compiz gnome-themes compizconfig-settings-manager
compiz --replace ccp &

    If there are any errors displayed in the terminal, please add the output into your question.

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  2. Best Answer

    Well, turns out that just trying to run emerald by itself ends with a segfault, and apparently this is a known bug.

    Solution:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:malteworld/compiz
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

    source

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  3. ccp is a name of a plugin. If you don't have it installed, then you can't load it. Try compiz --replace instead.

    Also, if you run compiz that way, you should use the nohup command. Otherwise, when you close the terminal, compiz will also be closed. So instead, you'll write:

    nohup compiz --replace

    Try this and provide some feedback. If it doesn't work, then we'll have another look at it. :)

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  4. You might check that window decoration is enabled in Compiz. Run "ccsm" (the Compiz config manager, which should also show up in a menu somewhere).

    In the 'Effects' section, the "Window Decoration" feature should be checked. Click the "Window Decoration" box and it's settings appear; in there, the decorator command can be specified. I've read somewhere that some window decorators won't work with compiz, but gtk-window-decorator and compiz-decorator do. Good luck!

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