Bug#457649: compiz-gtk: no decoration on unfocused windows
A Mennucc wrote:
> I installed compiz; I cannot find a reasonable way to use it.
>
> Here are some tests
>
> 1) I logged in, using GDM, choosing the "failsafe Gnome"; opened a
> terminal, and ran
> $ script -c 'compiz --replace'
> then it seems that 'metacity' is killed, and compiz should take its
> place; but window decorations are never drawn, and the desktop is
> unusable; so I hit ctrl-C , and then compiz dies by segfault, and
> metacity is started again
>
>
Run ccsm and make sure some plugins are enabled: you want at least
"move", "resize", "decoration", ...
Or purge your gconf database from any compiz config and restart compiz
0.8.4 from unstable to get proper defaults.
> 2) same as above, using a freshly created user, and the usual "Gnome"
> session, same result
>
Make sure you have all compiz packages from unstable (0.8.4) before
doing that. Defaults are wrong in earlier versions. You should remove
all files in the home of this new user before testing again.
> 3) I logged in, using GDM, choosing "failsafe terminal" session; in the
> terminal, I ran 'compiz' and then it works fine; then I started the
> gnome-session, and it all was working fine.
Including decoration ?
> But I found no way to tell
> gnome to always use compiz: when I loogged out and logged back in,
> metacity was used.
>
/usr/share/doc/gnome-session/README.Debian may help
Or create a .xsession file and run gnome-session and compiz manually
(and use your custom session in GDM instead of gnome default session or
whatever not customized).
Brice
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