Questions tagged [compiz]
Compiz is a compositing window manager that uses 3D graphics hardware to enhance the usability and aesthetics of the desktop environment.
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how to change Alt+Tab window highlight color in Unity 2D
i have Ubuntu 12.04, and i run unity 2D (so i can run all of my monitors with xinerama).
a problem that i have is when i hit alt+tab, it highlights the new [active] window with a white border. well,...
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How to downgrade Compiz to 0.8.6 in Ubuntu 12.04?
Is there a safe way to downgrade Compiz to 0.8.6 in Ubuntu 12.04? I don't want to use Unity anymore and due to bug #862430 and bug #933776 Compiz is unusable for me.
I would appreciate any suggestion....
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Unity 3D rename workspaces?
Any good way to rename workspaces in Unity 3D (e.g. compiz)?
Back when I was running metacity (e.g. old Gnome 2) we could called them useful names like "Personal", "Work", "Development", "Media", etc....
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Compiz burn effect gone in 12.10? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Compiz Problems (Plugin Missing, Performance Issues, Development)
It's a small thing, but I like it when windows burst into flames when I close them. I've been using this ...
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Dell D820 - Nvidia - Compiz crashes / won't run
I'm running a Dell Latitude D820 and a fresh / clean install of Ubuntu 11.04 x64.
My graphics card is detected as nVidia Corporation G72M [Quadro NVS 110M/GeForce Go 7300] (it's the NVS 110M - the Go ...
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Panel opacity should change the indicators' menu opacity, is this a valid bug?
In Ubuntu 11.04 with unity 3.8.16-0ubuntu1~natty1 when clicking an indicator its icon turns opaque and the menu shown is also opaque, regardless of the panel opacity value. I think both the icon when ...
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How can I transfer my Unity settings from one machine to another?
I have customized Unity in Ubuntu 14.04 quite heavily on my laptop. Now I have also installed Ubuntu on my desktop machine and I want to reuse the config file.
I have customized it with unity-teak-...
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No GUI after upgrade to Ubuntu 15.10
I upgraded from 14.04 LTS to 15.04 to 15.10 today.
To do this I used sudo do-release-upgrade. The upgrade to 15.04 went without any problems, but after upgrading to 15.10 I only get to console/...
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Ubuntu 14.04: How to install Unity2d?
I love Unity, but would like to use Unity2d because it doesn't run compiz. How do I do this?
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Garbage on rotated screen when I rotate a certain monitor
I have a really weird problem with ubuntu natty:
I have 2 monitors (Dell 2407wfp and Dell 2007wfp) connected via DVI to a Ati X1600 graphics card. Everything works well in normal configuration, but ...
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Mouse does not click in the focused window but the oldest window
I'm on 14.04, lsusb shows my USB mouse on the list as Mad Catz, Inc
The mouse pointer can be moved smoothly and well but button clicks are a mess.
Another example: I am operating on a browser (e.g. ...
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Enabling window decorations made me disable unity plugin. No borders
So I started messing around with Compiz a bit
I enabled window decorations but that made me disable unity plugin
So no launcher and no task bar or whatever it's called in Linux I accidentaly ...
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How do I set different wallpapers for different virtual desktops? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Workspace specific wallpapers with Compiz?
The Gnome & Compiz feature of having many virtual desktops is appreciable, but I would have liked to make them more particular ...
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Emerald window decorator fails to start... sometimes
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 and I have some weird issues with emerald not starting sometimes, leaving me "chromeless" windows. I can, of course then start emerald with emerald --replace > /dev/null 2&...
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3D compiz effects choppy and slow. How to fix?
I have a ATI proprietary drivers but it makes the Unity 3D very slow except 2D. Like everything works but it runs a bit slow and choppy. You could even see it when you see the loading circles on the ...
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How to tell Compiz not to manage/manipulate a specifc Window ID
I have a window I move from one monitor to another in steps. The Compiz "Place Window" plug-in intercepts the movements and initially stops it from moving to the next monitor. Then it jumps ...
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How do I disable vsync in CCSM and Catalyst Control Center?
How do I disable vsync in Compiz-Config Settings Manager and Catalyst Control Center?
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Use 100% of edge to go between monitors
My monitors are currently arranged like this:
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If I'm at the top-left corner of ...
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Is there a way to __DISABLE__ Compiz' Expo plugin's EXPO Animations (ZOOM, etc)?
Perhaps gconf-editor or dconf-editor could help do the trick? However, rumors about CCSM's wanton stability would prevent me from becoming too experimental about this...
Who's Expo's maintainer? Who ...
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Hot corners not working after updating to 11.10
Ubuntu newbie here.
I had Ubuntu for a while now, since 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), and I was getting very comfortable at installing / uninstalling and finding my way through stuff. Loved the cube etc.
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Why does compiz crash? (Ubuntu 12.10 under virtualbox)
I am using a Fujitsu LH531 Laptop with windows 7. I tried installing ubuntu 12.10 using virtual box. After installation, when i reboot for the first time, it shows the login screen. But after logging ...
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Screens don't work after shutting off
When my screens shut off after the configured amount of time, they don't turn back on again. I have to restart my computer because wiggling my mouse, etc doesn't turn the monitor signals back on. ...
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How to switch from metacity to compiz permanently?
I know that by typing a command: compiz --replace
into the terminal window you can switch back to compiz, but this only works till the next logout/reboot. I want to switch for good.
In Natty Narwhal ...
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What's they Key combination for the Compiz Grid Plug in?
I've installed compiz setting manager. I interested in winodw management section, grid plugin.
The short key for "put center" is KP5, i assumed that is Ctrl+Alt+5. But when I using this combination ...
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How do I fix Unity crashing after using Unity Tweak Tool to set Window spreading/scaling?
The problem: After setting Window spreading to on in Unity Tweak Tool, Unity will crash on trying to initiate the Window spread/Scale Compiz effect. This results in the Unity panel and launcher, as ...
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Unity is broken. Launcher, Menu bar, Dash disappeared. Unity reinstall doesn't work
The problem is identical to this question but with the additional problem that after trying out every thing mentioned there, unity still doesn't work.
I have tried installing/reinstalling ccsm, unity,...
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How to add different wallpapers in different workspaces but as shellscript?
I want add different wallpapers in different workspaces but as necessary command line ..
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How can I change Unity's shortcuts programmatically?
I am trying to block system shortcuts while using certain shortcut-heavy applications. That already works fine with shortcuts that are accessible via dconf and gsettings. However, I can not find the ...
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How to activate cube and related Compiz features without crashing Unity?
I have activated Desktop cube feature in Compiz by editing the config file way in this link:
Preference >> Export
Open the exported profile and edit it
Find “s0_active_plugins” and replace wall with ...
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Unity 2d and 3d both running
Ok. I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my computer and everything works fine. I installed Compiz config Settings, and it shows that the Ubuntu Unity Plugin is unchecked. I researched and found out that I am ...
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How to enable window shadows?
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 Unity with activated default theme Ambiance. My problem here is that there are no shadows visible for any window. I tried to enable them using gconf-edit, but that did not work ...
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Why are notifications appearing in the invisible black zone above my monitor?
I've got two monitors, with the right side one being slightly lower in the display settings. However any notifications I receive from notify-osd (including pidgin, notify-send etc) are sent to the top-...
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CCSM doesn't work when changing launcher visibility or number of workspaces
The compizconfig setting manager doesn't work on my 11.10 installation of Ubuntu. I've tried setting the launcher panel visibility to "never" and changing the number of workspaces in the virtual box, ...
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How do I set clicking on a screen edge to switch viewports?
I remember being able to do this before, but I seem to have accidentally removed this setting in Compiz. How do I turn it back on?
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How do I un-zoom compiz?
I'm using a keyboard I'm not used to, and I hit Super_L instead of Alt_L when I middle-mouse-dragged across the screen. On this Ubuntu 10.04 with Compiz, apparently, this zooms the screen to the area ...
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Compiz stop working [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I reset GNOME to the defaults?
I'm on a laptop sony vaio, vng-nw330f with ubuntu 11.10.
One day I used my computer normally, I shutdown and the other day when I turn ...
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Unity profile without window decorations or launchpad
From one day to another (probably after an automatic update), when I log in to my profile, I do not see window decoration or the start menu. If I use another user, everything works fine. I had this ...
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Ring Switcher in Unity - Mouse combinations don't work
I asked this question Ring Switcher in Unity for knowing, do ring switchers work in Unity? As answered there it works but only with keyboard shortcuts. I am able to use Alt+Tab combination but right ...
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CCSM broke my Unity 3D on 11.10
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I wanted to see how 3D cube would look like with my 11.10, so I installed CCSM and turned on 3D cube and disabled expose (think that is what it is called). Then after that everything went ...
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How I fix blurred display after awakening from sleep?
Every time Ubuntu suspends, I have a blurred display after awakening from sleep.
How can I fix it?
Ubuntu Releases (tried):
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Ubuntu 16.10
Ubuntu Mate 16.04.02 LTS
Graphics: ...
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User account doesn't display anything except background and cursor
I did something in CompizConfig Manager and the launcher and other bars was gone!
I tried using the set background from right click menu and checked if it was a driver problem, but it was not.
I also ...
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how to set a default window manager
UBuntu 12.04 LTS uses Compiz 0.9.7.12 as a default window manager. Where UBuntu stores an information which window manager is used by default ? I want to permanently switch to the metacity or run ...
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Automatically resize windows in compiz
This answer does not answer my question:.
I want to resize two or more windows automatically, so that they occupy the a share of the whole screen, side by side. That is, 2 windows that occupy 1/2, 3 ...
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Unity Gone after reboot..Nvidia Issue
First off, I am aware similar issues have been posted by others. I have exhausted the options I have found within those topics that I have found, and none have helped. I have tried things ranging from ...
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Just ran some updates, broke system and stuck in Unity 2d
I just installed 25 updates. In them were the raring graphics stack and kernel 3.5.25. I rebooted back and noticed I was now in Unity 2d. This behaves much slower than 3d did and when I tried to log ...
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Compiz at 30% of CPU on Thinkpad T420
After upgrading to 13.10, the compiz process has started taking 30% or more of CPU resources. In addition unity is sluggish and steam games that worked fine under 13.04 have a very low frame rate and ...
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Launcher transparency
After messing around with CompizConfig I got to a state where I had to re-install lightdm, ubuntu-desktop and then re-enable all the compiz plugins. Everything works great, but the launcher ...
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How do I fix Unity from freezing and artifacts on my screen when I'm charging my laptop?
I woke up this morning to find my computer frozen and my graphics were not rendering correctly either. I had to press Ctrl + Alt + F1 to regain control of the system.
At first I thought it was my ...
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Ubuntu 16.04: No launcher, no panel, unity problem (after installing themes)
I have a huge problem which has been adressed often: My launcher, panel, etc. is gone.
My system is Ubuntu 16.04 (on a notebook) and I was installing some themes (flatabulous, paper, arc, also ...
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Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears, ccsm method failed
I have Ubuntu 16.04 in hp laptop. Few days before my unity launcher and everything disappeared. I have the second account on this PC on which Unity is working perfectly fine. I have tried links such ...