[SOLVED] After messing around with Compiz Settings in Ubuntu 11.04, something messed up

theif519 · 06-29-2011, 09:11 PM

For instance, once I tried to enable desktop cube and the like, Docky seems to have crashed or something, because there was a black bar taking up 1/3 of the bottom screen, like when you don't have 3D Hardware Acceleration available. How do I change it back to the way it was?

What I enabled was desktop cube, rotation, negative, opengl, and composite

Okay, the black bar is gone, but now there's no header around the windows, like where the minimize, maximize, and close button are.

EDDY1 · 06-29-2011, 10:06 PM

You're still in Compiz.
You should have compiz settings manger, where you can re-enable menu bar. I have to go to my machine and look at settings.
Which graphics are you using intel or nvidia?

EDDY1 · 06-29-2011, 10:14 PM

Open compiz Settings Manager and check the box next to Windows Decoration.

theif519 · 06-29-2011, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by EDDY1

You're still in Compiz.
You should have compiz settings manger, where you can re-enable menu bar. I have to go to my machine and look at settings.
Which graphics are you using intel or nvidia?

I'm using Intel

EDDY1 · 06-29-2011, 10:33 PM

The machine I checked is intel so it's the same solution.
Compiz Settings Manager is in System>Preferences>CompizConfig Settings Manager.
Window Decoration

theif519 · 06-29-2011, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by EDDY1

The machine I checked is intel so it's the same solution.

Thank you! It worked. I suppose I shouldn't mess around with Compiz then, because it asked me if I wanted to disable it to enable something else.

theif519 · 06-29-2011, 10:37 PM

Actually, another thing, now I can't move anything. When I unmaximize it, it automatically goes into a corner and I can't move it from there.

EDDY1 · 06-29-2011, 10:39 PM

Cool glad it worked
Now you should check to see if you have under Applications>Other, you should have Compiz & Metacity. Metacity is what you want when you don't want compiz enabled.

theif519 · 06-29-2011, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by EDDY1

Cool glad it worked
Now you should check to see if you have under Applications>Other, you should have Compiz & Metacity. Metacity is what you want when you don't want compiz enabled.

I checked under Applications > Other and I can't find Compiz & Metacity at all. Should I get it from the Ubuntu Software Center?

EDDY1 · 06-29-2011, 10:42 PM

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Actually, another thing, now I can't move anything. When I unmaximize it, it automatically goes into a corner and I can't move it from there.

Check the box next to "Move Window".

EDDY1 · 06-29-2011, 10:46 PM

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I checked under Applications > Other and I can't find Compiz & Metacity at all. Should I get it from the Ubuntu Software Center?

I have debian so my setup is a little different. You may have to go to "Main Menu" under System>Preferences & find it, but I would check there 1st.

theif519 · 06-29-2011, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by EDDY1

Check the box next to "Move Window".

THANK YOU AGAIN! It worked. I didn't know everything was so reliant on Compiz that I couldn't even move a window without it XD

You said I should disable Compiz for Metacity, right? Is that still required?

theif519 · 06-29-2011, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by EDDY1

I have debian so my setup is a little different. You may have to go to "Main Menu" under System>Preferences & find it.

I have it now, but all I see are two gray boxes with a question mark and clicking on it did nothing.

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Also, another problem, the snapping windows thing, like Windows' Aero Snap, is also gone.

EDDY1 · 06-29-2011, 10:49 PM

It's not necessary when you log out you'll be in Metacity on re-login.
You can enable compiz when you want to.

EDDY1 · 06-29-2011, 10:55 PM

I haven't gotten very far with compiz, but all of your settings and transparency are there to play with.
Now I want to know how you got the dome working?