Hi, i haven't used compiz for many years, but would like to get wobbly windows whilst using XFCE.

I built/installed the packages available on slackbuilds (including emerald), but cannot seem to get any of the compiz effects to work.

I installed fusion-icon also, and have tried switching back and forth settings, and also trying to manually change the window decorator to "emerald --replace" but neither compiz or emerald seem to be doing anything.

Is anyone using compiz with XFCE on Slackware 14.1 (or -current) ?

I was curious if it worked with xfce, so I half-heartedly tried and it corrupted my xfce4 config, it was a pain to correct. Before you give it a try I recommend you backup ~/.config



John

I use Mate with compiz on 14.2 and I just quickly switched to Xfce to try it and it is working fine, can't speak for 14.1 though. Quick question when you installed the packages from SBo did you replace the stock compiz package with the newest version? see the readme...

Also what is your video card?

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While I prefer using KWin for Xfce, I am also really glad to see that Compiz is back in active production to keep the development ball rolling.

I've got that working at some point, when 14.2 released. See this thread.
It's just the build/install order that needs to be taken care of, and you may need to create a custom session for it.

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Had some free time and looked into upgrading to latest version 0.8.14 from SBo.
Prefer the old version tbh, because the new one assumes GTK+3 and I refuse to depend on that.

I'll share my install script, and a few notes.

- The old fusion-icon GTK+2 mode depends on pycairo, but works sufficiently. Couldn't get the new fusion-icon to work at all.
- The new ccsm depends on pygobject3 and "introspection" (apparently it works without, but is 'not supported by the pygobject development team').
- SlackBuilds for compiz and emerald need --with-gtk=2.0 on systems without GTK+3 installed.
- Protobuf is not a part of this install script on purpose, you will have to add that if you need it.

Attached Files

compiz.setup.txt (5.2 KB, 82 views)

I just installed ccsm / dependencies from slackbuilds, and have a gtx 1060.
Edit; reading the replies i just noticed i have the stock slackware package for compiz, i overlooked the notice about installing a newer version of compiz 0.8.14, i am rebuilding all the packages after installing that.

Okay it all seems to be working now! I rebuilt the packages after installing the slackbuild for compiz 0.8.14 referenced in the README.slackware file, and emerald is also working.

Fusion-icon doesn't seem to do anything with it's clickable settings, so i had to manually run:
Thanks everyone!

EDIT: Maybe i spoke too soon... Compiz works, in terms of effects, but emerald seems to be having some issues with setting the window decorator theme. Not sure what is going on here, but the GTK+ window decorator works fine.

You may want to look into compiz-manager. It is a shell script that will detect your WM and video card and set things accordingly. I have been meaning to make a slackbuild for it and submit with the rest of the compiz packages. I might do that tonight.

https://github.com/compiz-reloaded/compiz-manager

That's cool, it seems to give better performance using that script, however it forces gtk-window-decorator. Still unable to load emerald properly, it literally sets to a "red" theme, changing it in emerald options only glitches out the titlebar buttons, sticking to the red theme.

EDIT: That's letting emerald run, however still have the issue with setting the theme.

Also i uploaded a screen recording here to show what is happening; https://streamable.com/kvgsj

Try settings your theme manually in your home directory under .emerald. I have also had problems in the past with emerald theme manager not working correctly.

I've spent quite some time experimenting with Compiz for Xfce and MATE. I'd say 90 % of it is quite nice, but the remaining 10 % are buggy and can lead to some nasty surprises. Sooner or later you'll get a "WTF ?!?" moment. Popup window flying over the screen, window decorations gone (again), etc. So I just abandoned the idea of using it every day.

On the other hand, KWin has some really nice desktop effects, and you can get a classy OS X-like desktop with just a few tweaks. Works so good I also configure it on all my client's desktops, and I've only had positive feedback.

Cheers,

Niki

I agree with you 100%, I am still using compiz but there are enough moments like you mentioned above to make want to abandon it. I am probably in the near future just going to move on.