How to activate compiz ( at startup ),Opensuse 11.1, KDE 3.5

[comodofire]

Hello! I installed Opensuse 11.1 with KDE 3.5 to my netbook. I am trying to use compiz, but I don't know how..I browsed through yast and found out that it is installed. I tried to install Compiz-config settings manager but still cannot see the effects by compiz. How can it be activated at startup. Please help

[roberto60]

for what I know compiz works only with KDE 4.0 or higher

[suse_tpx60s]

In KDE4 you need to enable window effects from within desktop configuration. Can't say for KDE3.5 as I have never used it. As roberto says, it may not even be available for KDE3.5.

[maill]

Hi,
to activate compiz in KDE 3.5 go to
Personal Settings (Configure Desktop)>KDE Components>Session Manager
And choose compiz as your Window Manager,

HTH

[comodofire]

Originally Posted by maill

Hi,
to activate compiz in KDE 3.5 go to
Personal Settings (Configure Desktop)>KDE Components>Session Manager
And choose compiz as your Window Manager,

HTH

I tried to change window manager to compiz but still no animations.
I also tried suggestions like editing xorg.conf for AIGLx
but still no luck. Please help

[maill]

pls run compiz-manager
or
fusion-icon

right click on the compiz icon at the system tray,
select window manager option > compiz,

if it is still not working, try the reload window manager option
and for the animation settings, you can set them at the settings manager

[comodofire]

Originally Posted by maill

pls run compiz-manager
or
fusion-icon

right click on the compiz icon at the system tray,
select window manager option > compiz,

if it is still not working, try the reload window manager option
and for the animation settings, you can set them at the settings manager

I tried to run in terminal but some errors came up:

erwin@linux-o0l3:~/Desktop> compiz-manager
which: no fusion-icon in (/opt/kde3/bin:/home/erwin/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin)
Checking for Xdmx: not present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 00:02.0 0300: 8086:27ae (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present.
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1024x576) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed.
Checking for nVidia: not present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
/usr/bin/compiz (core) - Error: Screen 0 on display ":0.0" already has a window manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window manager.
/usr/bin/compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display

do i need to install compiz-fusion? I only see "compiz-fusion-plugins-main" in yast, and it is installed...what other components am i missing at?

Thanks for your patience

[maill]

erwin@linux-o0l3:~/Desktop> compiz-manager
which: no fusion-icon

Please install fusion-icon package with yast or zypper,
it's a python script to manage compiz,
And then try to run it from terminal

I got compiz working in my KDE 3.5,
here's the list of my compiz packages, you could compare them with yours,
and install the missing ones,

rpm -qa | grep -e compiz -e fusion

python-compizconfig
libcompizconfig
compiz
compizconfig-settings-manager
compiz-kde
fusion-icon
libcompizconfig-backend-kconfig
compiz-manager
compiz-fusion-plugins-extra
compiz-fusion-plugins-main

HTH

[comodofire]

Originally Posted by maill

Please install fusion-icon package with yast or zypper,
it's a python script to manage compiz,
And then try to run it from terminal

I got compiz working in my KDE 3.5,
here's the list of my compiz packages, you could compare them with yours,
and install the missing ones,

rpm -qa | grep -e compiz -e fusion

python-compizconfig
libcompizconfig
compiz
compizconfig-settings-manager
compiz-kde
fusion-icon
libcompizconfig-backend-kconfig
compiz-manager
compiz-fusion-plugins-extra
compiz-fusion-plugins-main

HTH

I got fusion-icon installed and some components, tried running compiz-manager and got the icon on the panel..However, still does not work. When I change window manager or reset it, my windows messes up and had to restart...got some more ideas?
Thanks again for your patience..

[maill]

Hi,
pls run this from the terminal:

simple-ccsm

and check the enable effects,
if the problem persists pls read this page,

Compiz Troubleshooting - openSUSE

Goodluck