KDE4.1 + Compiz doesn't work in 11.1

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Hello,
I installed 11.1 the day it got released upgrading my existing 11.0 installation.
I’m a fan of Compiz and it worked fine in 11.0 with KDE4.1 as desktop manager.

After upgrade, it doesn’t work at all.

I had some troubles with nVidia drivers, but now they are fine (I use a 9700M GT, which requires manual installation), and Xgl is enabled since I can use glxgears fine.

When I go into KDE’s Window Manager settings I can’t enable Compiz: it says it failed to start.

All of my packages are up to date with lastest version, and I have set up proper repositories for Xgl and Compiz.

Can somebody help me step by step solving my problem? Thank you very much.

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djechelon,
You may wish to try adding the repositories that are maintained by Cyborg and install his version of Compiz without the Nomad patch.

mckeeshop

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Could you please give me the URL of that repository? I added the X11:XGL repository at Index of /repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_11.1. Is that correct?

4

Sorry, I don’t understand. Why do you need compiz? Almost all effects already exists in new KWin… cube, wobbly windows, etc etc.

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For me the lack of customisation over keyboard shortcuts and mouse clicks on desktop edge in KWin was why I set up compiz.

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I thought the same at first, but I managed to put shortcuts as I like and also screen edges the same as in compiz.
Buzz is that I had to do it manually from “configure desktop” -> “keyboard shortcuts”, but OK, no big deal. Everything works the same.

I have a remark in KDE4 that settings are bit confusing, but at least all are there.

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Add this repo to your YaST software repositories, install the Compiz related items that are updated from it.
Index of /repositories/home:/cyberorg/openSUSE_11.1

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Didn’t work :frowning:
Anyway since I enabled Xrender on Kwin the whole KDE goes worse. It won’t let me re-enable OpenGL rendering, but I’m 100% sure Xgl works fine.

What can I try then?

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Sorry, I don’t mean to be boring, but did you try without compiz, XGL and emerald and whatever else. Just plain KWin at 4.1 works OK. I had to remove all startup things for compiz and emerald to get my beloved cube work as I wish.

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You might want to check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and see if it has compositing turned on.

The last section should be something like:

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “Enable”
End Section

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Composite is enabled. When I try to enable Compiz from KDE’s desktop configuration it still says Compiz failed to start and goes back to Kwin.
I tried all the solutions proposed in this topic, and removed Compiz repository from YaST.

Kwin effects, however, work very slow, and I see no trace of the cube even if enabled. Glxgears still reports thousands of FPSs (3144)