Compiz has taken over my desktop
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I just upgraded from 5.5 and one of the things I notice is that even though I chose Metacity, every time I boot up it is Compiz that is managing the Desktop. I have manually toggled Compiz on, then Metacity back on, and that works for the session, but when I reboot it is back to Compiz again. Part of the annoyance is that I cannot add launchers to the panel in Compiz. I do, however, like the live previews when you toggle with ALT+TAB.
On 08/19/2013 11:04 AM, name at domain wrote:
> I just upgraded from 5.5 and one of the things I notice is that even
> though I chose Metacity, every time I boot up it is Compiz that is
> managing the Desktop. I have manually toggled Compiz on, then Metacity
> back on, and that works for the session, but when I reboot it is back to
> Compiz again.
You may edit a file in
"/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions"
The file is either "gnome-classic.session" or "gnome-fallback.session"
In the file replace
"DefaultProvider-windowmanager=trisquel-wm" with
"DefaultProvider-windowmanager=metacity"
Part of the annoyance is that I cannot add launchers to
> the panel in Compiz. I do, however, like the live previews when you
> toggle with ALT+TAB.
when you are using metacity window manager
on the terminal just run "metacity -c" once.
The file for me was "gnome-classic.session
running 'metacity -c' gave me:
Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":0.0" already has a window manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window manager.
but I think I am good to go.
Thank you.
On 08/19/2013 12:51 PM, name at domain wrote:
> The file for me was "gnome-classic.session
>
> running 'metacity -c' gave me:
> Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":0.0" already has a window
> manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window
> manager.
>
> but I think I am good to go.
>
> Thank you.
>
maybe logging -> logging in and then running "metacity -c" would do
It enables compositing for metacity or you could try gconf-editor:
applications->metacity
I used gconf-editor, but it did not come with my system so I had to install it via Synaptic. When I checked, compositing was already enabled, probably due to my 'metacity -c' earlier, despite warning.
Related bug, dunno if applicable here
That's definitely related to the issue lembas pointed.
To work around it, make an empty .disable-compiz file in your home folder. On way to do this is to write in a terminal the following and press enter:
touch .disable-compiz
Now my panel reliably disappears, but it is actually still functional if I mouse over where the items are. The applications menu will appear, it's just that the bar has gone completely invisible.
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