I really never got this issue resolved. I seem to not be able to get compiz to work with my Ubuntu 11.10. I have gone to the compiz manager and tried to just get wobbly windows (this required shutting of snapping windows first), but nothing happens. I also tried to use just plane animation like water effect (cont/super) and nothing happens. The checked boxes check, but nothing happens. I would like to enable some cool desktop effects. I'm using a intel i7 processor, and a visiontek radeon hd 4670 video card.
Thank you for you time
Jonnynitro138

Are you sure compiz is running? What's the output of 'ps ax | grep compiz' ?

Adam

I think I am not using the ps ax grep compiz properly. I get a error message:
ps ax grep compiz
ERROR: Process ID list syntax error.
********* simple selection ********* ********* selection by list *********
-A all processes -C by command name
-N negate selection -G by real group ID (supports names)
-a all w/ tty except session leaders -U by real user ID (supports names)
-d all except session leaders -g by session OR by effective group name
-e all processes -p by process ID
T all processes on this terminal -s processes in the sessions given
a all w/ tty, including other users -t by tty
g OBSOLETE -- DO NOT USE -u by effective user ID (supports names)
r only running processes U processes for specified users
x processes w/o controlling ttys t by tty
*********** output format ********** *********** long options ***********
-o,o user-defined -f full --Group --User --pid --cols --ppid
-j,j job control s signal --group --user --sid --rows --info
-O,O preloaded -o v virtual memory --cumulative --format --deselect
-l,l long u user-oriented --sort --tty --forest --version
-F extra full X registers --heading --no-heading --context
********* misc options *********
-V,V show version L list format codes f ASCII art forest
-m,m,-L,-T,H threads S children in sum -y change -l format
-M,Z security data c true command name -c scheduling class
-w,w wide output n numeric WCHAN,UID -H process hierarchy
And this happens if I try it in root as well.
Thank you
Jonnynitro138

There's | between ps ax and grep compiz. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=|

Thank you for the tutorial. This is what the terminal told me:
2065 pts/0 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto compiz

Thank you
Jonnynitro138

So then, no, compiz is not running. It should be enabled by default in Ubuntu 11.10, so I'm not sure why it's not running for you. Bring up a terminal and run:

See if compiz starts. If not, show us the error(s) you receive.

Adam,

Sorry for the delay, I had school stuff to focus on. This is what happened after I put in "compiz -- replace &"

~$ compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't load plugin 'replace'
compiz (core) - Error: Screen 0 on display ":0" already has a window manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window manager.


Thank you
Jonnynitro138

Please use the code tags when posting outputs, check out the BBCodes.
Could you post the output for:
And also the output for:
Regards

You have a space between the -- and the word replace. You need to use --replace without the space between -- and the word

Sweet thanks I now have compiz working. Phew
So now my question is how do you enable the desktop cube. I tried to enable it by checking the box and disabling the desktop wall, then I enabled cube rotation but nothing is happening.
Thank you
Jonnynitro138

Thank you all for your great support I really appreciate the help that you all have givin to me
Jonnynitro138

Well it didn't work on mine so I hope yours breaks soon!

Lol just kidding
It doesnt work on mine because my graphic card is old. I am even surprised Unity is working at all.
I just upgraded last night from Ubuntu 10.04LTS to 12.04LTS Beta. Compiz was working in 10.04 but in this beta release of 12.04 is not working. I tried Gnome Shell and doesnt display correctly neither.
I knew this was going to be problematic but I was curious about the new GUI, and like they said "Curiosity killed the cat!"

So it will be Unity 2D for me until my computer dies in few more months.

Good luck to you all!

How do I get compiz to start up automatically upon start up?
Thanks
Jonnynitro138
PS how is ubuntu 12.04?

Well I just upgraded so I havent have the chance to play around with it. I do have sound and video and I have the latest applications like the latest VLC with blue ray support and transmission torrent with support for magnetic files wich is sweet, so all the applications I had installed are there but the latest releases.

the release is Beta though and is not going to be out officially until the end of April so few things might not work correctly you should aware of that if you decide to upgrade here are the steps.
I grabed that from this link https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePango...Overview/Beta2

Good luck to you!

Any idea on how to make Compiz start automatically?

Tried to add this code to startup programs but it made Unity not to start at all:

I get this from suggested script:

I'm not sure if that means that compiz is working or not. Some features are working (woobly windows), thought the PERSONALIZED edge bindings and their actions do not work at all. They work normally if I use: NOTE: The actions associated to the edge bindings work perfectly, as one (top left) is associated to the same action as 'Super + W'. If I press the key combination, it works perfectly fine, if I touch the edge, it doesn't work at all.