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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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Enable edge scrolling under Ubuntu 17.10, with Unity and Compiz

Several issues with Ubuntu 17.10 running Gnome obliged me to switch back to Unity, having Compiz also enabled. However, I find no way to enable edge scrolling (on the touchpad) under Ubuntu 17.10, ...
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How to define keys for switching to viewport left/right under Ubuntu 17.10 with Unity

Having issues with Gnome on Ubuntu 17.10 (high RAM usage, keyboard issues when changing focus to another window, Thunderbird loosing imap connection after sleep, delays, etc...), I decided to install ...
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Dash, top panel and title bars of windows are not being displayed [duplicate]

After logging in to my system, the dash, top panel and title bars of windows are not being displayed. I tried opening dash by pressing the window key but it was of no use. On my desktop, I had two ...
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Unable to login to Ubuntu 16.04 admin user account

Unable to login to Ubuntu 16.04. I had issue of getting only blank desktop screen earlier for which I ran below commands given in other thread to resolve the issue. sudo rm -fr ~/.cache/compizconfig-...
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Unity and Compiz not working in 16.04 LTS after 20180221 update [duplicate]

First at all, I know that this question is duplicate, but I have tried every solution of all the other "compiz/unity issue after upgrading 16.04 LTS" questions with no luck. I have been hours trying ...
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Cannot Permanently Disable Application Switcher in Compiz

In order to have the basic ALT+TAB behavior, I disable the Application Switcher in compiz. This works fine. However, the changes are gone after reboot. How can I make this setting persistent? I'm on ...
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Launcher Missing on Ubuntu 17.10 after installing Cairo Dock

I'm kinda new in Linux environment. I installed Ubuntu and play along with some modifications. Recently I tried installing Cairo-Dock and didn't like it so I decided to remove it afterwards. But then, ...
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Ubuntu 16.04: Unity doesn't load basic GUI after login

When I login I'm presented with only my desktop wallpaper. Context menu works, I can open terminal and open other apps from there, but there is no basic things like dash and panel at the top. The ...
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Launcher and menu bar no longer visible after Mar 2/2018 update [duplicate]

I realize this gets reported a fair amount but I've searched as much as I can and nothing appears to be helping. After doing an update last night, I logged in today and cannot see the launcher or menu ...
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Ubuntu 16.04: Compiz uses way too much cpu [duplicate]

I have a problem with compiz since a recent update, it uses 160 to 170% of cpu according to top, the laptop's fan is going full speed. And it goes up with time, after 30 minutes it's over 270%. Here'...
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Unity Top Bar and Launcher disappeared Feb 24/2018 [duplicate]

I had run apt upgrade a couple of days back, and restarted my PC a while after, when the top bar and the launcher disappeared. I have tried all the following solutions, but none of them worked: ...
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Cannot login into my session after trying to resolve no launcher no manu bar problem

I had run following commands from terminal as the unity launcher and manu bar were missing, as given in Ubuntu 16.04 Unity No desktop just background wallpaper. Commands: sudo rm -fr ~/.cache/...
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Values cannot be changed in CompizConfig System Manager (CCSM) when using <super>

I'm trying to change the value "Left Maximize" to <Control><Super>Left, succeeding in grabbing the key combination. But after a second, the value returns to the previous key combination. ...
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Bug in window list in gnome-session-flashback

When I right click on a window in the bottom gnome panel, the menu that pops up cover gnome panel. How can I change that in order to have the pop- up menu shows and covers the gnome-panel itself. It ...
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2/15/18 compiz update broke unity

This compiz update forced removal of unity and ubuntu-desktop on my 16.04 Ubuntu system. The offending package that is missing, but unity needs, seems to be compiz-core-abiversion-20151010. It seems ...
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compiz, when I open windows, the title bar goes behind the menu bar

I'm using gnome classic (mate) and compiz, and when I restore a window, the titlebar is going out of workspace (Desktop) like this In this case I try to open two applications, how all I open, the ...
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Xubuntu 17.10: compiz cannot start

I setup Compiz for my Xubuntu 17.10 based on the answer here: How do I install Compiz in Xubuntu? sudo apt-get install compiz compiz-plugins-main compiz-plugins-extra sudo apt-get install ...
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Compiz process is killing the CPU 14.04

I have already seen other posts about this problem, however, none of the solutions worked for me. The compiz process is simply killing the CPU, although I am not even using the GUI and only remotely ...
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screen flickering with hovering unity and dash doesn't open

I'm using ubuntu 16.04 LTS after I shut down the laptop with power button anytime I hover any icon on the left side launcher the screen is flickering(all of the launcher gets hidden for a while and ...
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How do I remove all the compiz installation I did with this command, but keep the basic?

I don’t want to remove all compiz. I only want to have a unity with Ubuntu 16.04.3 64-bit, as if I’ve installed a second ago. I installed all compiz settings with all the repository (main, universe, ...
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Help! I purged every compiz package

I just did something not very clever, I ran by mistake: sudo apt purge compiz* But what I really meant to do was: sudo apt install --reinstall compiz* Now I don't have a window manager, I can't ...
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Disappearing Icons

I am running 16.04.3 and have started having problems. All was well until I had to turn off my laptop. When it was switched back on all was fine for about 10 mins when all of the icons on my screen ...
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ubuntu 16.04 encounters an internal error

I have sent an error report and examined the details of the error shown in the popup window announcing the error. The first few lines of the error report were as follows: Executable Path - /usr/bin/...
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How to "snap-split" windows top and bottom?

One can share screenspace neatly in left and right portions by dragging the window until the cursor touches the left or right edge of the screen, and the window will automatically 'snap' to that half ...
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Screen turns blank except the wallpaper then comes back [duplicate]

Facing an issue from yesterday. Whenever I open any application it turns blank except wallpaper. When it comes back appears with the application I started. Even when when I minimize any application ...
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Desktop is restarting on any popup or tooltip [duplicate]

I updated the OS, after that every time I hover over any icon desktop is restarting, I tried to reinstall ubuntu-desktop, reinstalled unity, reinstalled compiz, nothing fixed it, this is the error ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 regular crash, Compiz segfault, error 4 in i965_dri.so, Fresh install [duplicate]

Not that familiar with bug reports but I tried searching https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/ for this error without success. Maybe you can help me identify if this is a duplicate of an existing bug or if a ...
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Getting compiz errors on Ubuntu. Can't load plugins. Unity doesn't start

I have Windows 10 64-Bit and I have installed the Ubuntu subsystem on Windows. I have installed ubuntu-desktop, unity, compiz and compiz configuration settings.But when I type compiz on Ubuntu bash, I ...
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Compiz - Fatal: No composite extension

I'm am trying to display ubuntu desktop. After configuration with ccsm, Iactivate composite, Ubuntu Plugin, .... But when I run compiz, I got these errors:
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After ending compiz process Ubuntu 16.04 no longer works as expected

As I tried to get more ram to improve performance on a game I ended the compiz process which consumed around 30% memory. This somehow killed Ubuntu,or my main session since its active (compiz) on the ...
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Very High CPU Usage By Compiz on Radeon

I am running Ubuntu 16.04 and have AMD graphic card on my machine with following details. I have radeon driver installed. inxi -G Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Madison [Mobility ...
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Is it normal for compiz on Ubuntu 16.04 to consume 60+% of my CPU with no other programs running?

Is it normal for compiz to consume 60%+ of my CPU with no other programs running? I simply just installed Ubuntu, and that's what I got.
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skypeforlinux-64.deb doesn't support default sound settings and goes white when call is connected

I have the below skype installed on my Ubuntu - 14.04. It goes white when the call is connected. I read somewhere, Compiz is also causing this issue, I am using Compiz too Following are my ...
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How can I make Unity display arrangement retain settings

I move my laptop (ThinkPad T570, Ubuntu Xenial, Unity/Compiz) between different work environments, and I find that using Unity Control Center "Display" applet doesn't reliably (ever?!) retain the ...
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Compiz Grid/Put Not Working After Upgrading from 17.04 to 17.10 [duplicate]

On Ubuntu 17.04, I had CompizConfig set up so that Ctrl+Alt+Key pad number would place the current window into the appropriate quarter/half of the screen. This is not working after upgrading to 17.10....
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resized window to a quarter of desktop size... ubuntu17.10

I have installed ubuntu 17.10 and cannot put windows in the corner of desktop screen. In 16.04 I guess it was all done by CompizConfig... I installed Gnome extension Put Windows but it does not really ...
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Change shortcut of ALT+` to switch between windows of the same app - not working

I bought a keyboard which doesn't have the "``" character available, only through a key combination. The key above TAB is ESC, I would like to change ALT+` shortcut to ALT+ESC. I tried doing so ...
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How to stop window from opening up maximized in Ubuntu Mate 17.10

For some reason, whenever I open any application, it opens at full-screen maximization. This applies to everything from Chrome to a small dialog box. Is this a setting in Compiz? Thanks.
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Compiz don't work with Gnome Ubuntu 17.10 [duplicate]

I installed Ubuntu 17.04 and Compiz + Compiz plugins. For example: Enhanced Zoom Desktop Magnifier Negative Show Mouse etc. After upgrading to 17.10 Compiz effect don't work. Because Unity removed ...
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Gaussian Blur UI elements

Is there a way that I can use Ubuntu already existing Gaussian Blur code and apply it to other UI elements? You can clearly see it being used in the top panel: And on the Dash: So, I know the code ...
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17.10 gnome-terminal resize info with CompizConfig Settings Manager

From a time even far before Ubuntu 13.04, there was always a method, when one resized Gnome Terminal, to see an immediate visual tooltip which showed what length and width you were resizing Gnome ...
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How do I fix missing application icons in the Static Application Switcher option provided by ccsm?

I use the static application switcher provided by compiz config settings manager (ccsm) but a few programs do not have icons when in window preview mode. I have tried putting icons in various places ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 login loop and compiz

After trying a bunch of stuff, I eventually tried unity --reset-icons I get a message like: Warning: no DISPLAY variable set, setting it to :0 (process:2053): dconf-warning **: failed to commit ...
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Compiz shortcuts not working on ubuntu 17.10

I've installed CompizConfig Settings Manager and confirmed my key bindings for grid are set. No matter what I set the binding to in the settings manager the only binding that will work is Super + left/...
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CompizConfig-style Tiling in GNOME [duplicate]

While using the Unity desktop under 17.04 I used CompizConfig to allow window tiling with keyboard shortcuts. The feature I most liked and relied on was the ability to tile windows to the 4 corners, ...
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Window theme is broken

All white is now black or transparent. Also the icons on the desktop became very large. I'm not sure if that's the cause but I added the ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 ppa and the ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-...
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Maximize window vertically if screen edge is hit ubuntu 17.04 mate

I'm trying to maximize vertically a window in ubuntu mate by resizing it from the top edge. In unity, by default, this happens as the screen edge is hit. On the other hand, in mate it doesn't work. ...
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Wobbly windows plugin not working in 17.10 [duplicate]

I have recently upgraded from 17.04 to 17.10. Upon upgrading, I noticed the "wobbly windows" feature wasn't working anymore. I opened the CompizConfig settings manager and the feature was active. ...
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Workspace Switching with gnome in ubuntu 17.10

I used the cube rotation effect in unity and liked it a lot. Is there a way to get a workspace switcher button in gnome? Even without that I'd like to know how to get cube rotation back in gnome. ...
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4 equally sized windows on Ubuntu with GNOME 3

I have just updated from 17.04 to 17.10. Using ccsm from this 2015 discussion is not working, contrary to what happened when I updated from previous versions. What can I do?
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