compiz fusion and user

Gankfest · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:06 am Post subject: compiz fusion and user

Compiz Fusion doesn't work under user, I have to execute this command as root for it to work:

compiz --replace ccp --loose-binding

and then it starts up, I followed this guide on how to set it up:

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Compiz-Fusion

I don't know if this applies to kde4 or not or if I have to add user to a certain group.

If someone knows how to start compiz fusion automatically for a user let me know thx.
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Gankfest · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject:

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Yamakuzure · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:12 am Post subject:

Have you tried option 1 (http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Compiz-Fusion#Option_one:_add_desktop_settings) yet?
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Gankfest · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject:

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Gankfest · Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject:

taipan67 · Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 12:18 am Post subject:

I used compiz-fusion with KDE-3.5 ages ago, and no longer have any of it installed to use as referrence, but as best as i can recall, the trick for me was to export the KDEWM over-riding variable into the environment - that method is explained to some extent in the wiki...

For me, the compiz-start shell-script didn't work, so i took only the bits of it i needed for my hardware and created a new script that i called (for wont of something better) /usr/local/bin/compiz-fusion. I then created an entry in /etc/env.d/ , called something like 45-kdewm (don't remember exactly, sorry) which contained the line "KDEWM=/usr/local/bin/compiz-fusion"...

After an 'env-update' i could start a KDE-session with the desired window-manager...

...IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY... (BIG disclaimer needed :lol:

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It should then be possible to revert back to KWIN by commenting the line out of the file in /etc/env.d/ and env-updating again - you ought to be able to check with "echo $KDEWM" i'd have thought...

Of course i should also make it absolutely clear that i have no experience with KDE-4 whatsoever, so YMMV.

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