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Old 08-22-2005, 05:31 PM   #1
dangerousdave
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Dont show window contents whilst dragging in GNOME

How do I go about setting GNOME so it doesnt show the window contents whilst dragging? It eats my CPU usage.

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Old 08-22-2005, 10:02 PM   #2
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gconftool-2 -s -t bool /apps/metacity/general/reduced_resources true

That should do ya. Just toss that in the console and viola

HTH
 
Old 08-25-2005, 04:08 PM   #3
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Great stuff, thanks for this exactly what I needed.
 
  


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