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 resolve my "loading icons" in compizconfig while loading Ubuntu 14.04 on Virtualbox?
I'm running through the post about unity-doesnt-load-no-launcher-no-dash-appears to get my 14.04.1 loaded on VirtualBox.
I've gotten to the step where I run ccsm, but it hangs at "Loading Icons...", ...
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How do I switch my monitors separately on Ubuntu 14.04?
I have two monitors, and would like each monitor to have its own desktop wall. I did some Googling, installed CompizConfig Settings Manager, and changed Desktop Wall => Viewport Switching => ...
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How can I disable Ctrl+Alt+F10 on 14.04/Gnome/Compiz
I get the standard behaviour when I press this combination which sort of switches off the display and I know that I can go back to it by hitting Ctrl+Alt+F7 but the IDE I use has a pretty useful ...
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Command to span window across multiple monitors
Trying to create a shortcut to take the active window and display it across two displays. Using the following only maximizes it on a single monitor:
wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,0,0,1800,2300
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Placing window in full screen mode to a half of the screen
Is there a way to keep an application in full screen mode after placing it to a half of the screen? The question is about Ubuntu Unity, but other DE are relevant too.
On Ubuntu [16.04, Unity, Compiz] ...
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xorg high CPU usage (Ubuntu16.04 LTS)
I am experiencing high CPU usage (around 20% using the top command) in idle when moving the cursor or when something changes on the screen (e.g. window is maximized, minimized, etc.). Additionally, ...
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How do I rebind "Initiate Window Move" to mouse button 10?
I am trying to use button 10 on my mouse to drag windows around. I have installed CCSM and changed the initiate button in the plugin "Move Window" to "Button10" (with no modifier, though adding ...
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Preventing system processes from using GPU
I'm relatively new to Ubuntu, and am currently setting up a machine for dedicated GPU programming. I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 on an Asus desktop with integrated graphics. It might be worth noting that I ...
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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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Firefox minimizes when using "Always on Visible Workspace" on an hdmi dual monitor
I've never used the always on visible workspace feature without the dual monitor setup, so it's not clear to me whether that part is related.
When I pin a firefox window to every workspace on one ...
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How to disable `autorun.inf` access on Ubuntu 16.04
Whenever I mount a filesystem, something tries to access a file named autorun.inf on this fresh mount. How can I prevent Ubuntu 16.04 from doing this? (FYI: I am logged in, Graphical session with ...
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After upgrading to Ubuntu 15.04 system freezes and compiz usage 100% CPU
After upgrading to Ubuntu 15.04 system freezes than I run something in fullscreen (Kodi.tv, Steam in Big Picture mode). In htop I'm seeing 99%-102% cpu usage from compiz.
sudo lshw -C video
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Unity not working in 14.04.01 LTS, blank desktop
I installed Ubuntu 14.04.01 LTS as a dual boot installation (the other OS is Win XP with SP 3), but when I log in there is nothing on the desktop, just the background.
My computer: Intel D865PERL, ...
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Ubuntu CPU load
I'm new to Linux world and I have a problem with my fresh installation of Ubuntu 14.10 64-bit. My processor is Intel® Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz × 2 with 4 GB of ram and GeForce 8600 GT/PCIe/SSE2. When ...
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How to prevent applications from separate workspaces all landing on a single workspace upon a (un)docking event or when connecting a beamer via VGA?
Now that finally docking seems to be fully supported on my system, hurray!, I can address a relatively minor issue (or even a bug ?):
Normally, I have (all) four workspaces populated with my standard ...
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Why does Ubuntu 12.04 Unity suddenly blur text and images?
Today after a reboot, Ubuntu blurs text (well, anything that is rendered on screen) whenever focus changes or on any interactions with the desktop.
Example:
Normal good look:
Blurred state:
Note ...
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Prevent Alt from triggering global menu
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS. Two times out of three when I'm trying to switch a language using Alt+Shift the window's global menu opens instead.
I don't ever use the Alt key to access the window's ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Switch to Previous Workspace
I have just recently started using workspaces and I really enjoy them. I use one for my email, one for my mail client, one for messages, and so on. One thing that bothers me, though, is if I get a ...
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How come that compiz knows/cares about searches in firefox?
While looking at the output of journalctl -f I noticed that apparently compiz is notified about (and logs) every search I make in the entry bar (or the search bar) in Firefox (but not in Chromium).
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Compiz not handling Put movement corectly with dual monitor setup
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with Unity on two monitors, both from the same model and set to 1080p resolution (in case this make a difference as in here, different problem but somehow similar).
I am ...
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How to change the size of the "static application switcher"?
I changed the application switcher from unity's to Static Application switcher, using CompixConfig. See screenshot below.
I love it!!! but have 1 problem - the preview of the windows is a bit small.
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How can I identify the component responsible fro reordering keyboard input?
I have Ubuntu 14.04 running on a Dell Latitude 13 laptop.
When I launch Chromium and open several pages from stackexchange in different tabs. Any text I type in will frequently have characters showing ...
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GUI restarts after wake up from suspend or boot ('Application 'compiz.desktop' killed ..)
I am facing a crash almost each time I boot my computer and sometimes that I wake it from suspend.
I've looked at the logs, and what seems to appear as a critical error is this:
May 21 21:25:...
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How can I get the "Group and Tab Windows" plugin in compiz on Ubuntu 14.04
A while ago I remember using the compiz plugin "Group and Tab Windows". Now I would like to use it again, but I have found out that it is part of the compiz-plugins-extra, which is just an ...
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Toggle Window Decorations
For screencasting purposes I would like to be able to easily toggle window decorations - primarily the titlebar at the top of applications - on and off. I can't find an easy way to do this in Ubuntu ...
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How to fix Unity problems after upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04?
After upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04, I am having trouble with my display. I tried the following to fix...
dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
setsid unity
...but on doing the setsid unity, I get the following ...
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Is the window manager handling Wine applications differently?
I'm not exactly sure how to explain this; perhaps it is a bug.
On some applications that a launched using Wine, if you switch window focus away from them, you cannot get the focus back. For example ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 window management bug with Grid/Put and multiple displays
In Ubuntu CompizConfig Settings Manager, there are two very useful window management plugins.
"Grid" does essentially the same thing (and then some) that Windows Aero "snap" does. Via mouse actions ...
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Compiz high CPU
I recently installed Ubuntu 13.04 (my first Linux) alongside Windows 7. When I booted for the first time and ever since Compiz is eating up my CPU. When idle and doing nothing window management ...
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How do I make a compiz sphere look like a planet?
I have read topics of people that what to style their compiz sphere like a planet and set a background image like space.
It definitely very good idea, but I have not been able to find a tutorial of ...
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Attach one window to another window in Ubuntu
In Ubuntu, is it possible to attach one window to another window (so that one window becomes the "parent window" of the other window)? I'd like to know if it's possible to do this for any two open ...
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Compiz crash at startup
I recently installed Ubuntu 17.04 and every time I log in into my desktop this error shows up. I have no problem using the launcher and everything works, so what's this crash about? Should I just ...
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ubuntu mate 16.04 mate tweak doesn't allow vertical workspace
I enabled compiz in mate tweak, but it does not allow create vertical workspace. I can do it when I choose other windows manager, but I would like to use compiz. I wanto 6 workspaces with 2 vertical ...
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Sliding animation for Guake under 16.04
I know that there are a lot of posts about it, but the problem is that the methods of achieving it, described in all the posts I've found so far seem to be outdated. The methods I've seen so far ...
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Problem with Unity after installing Chrome Remote Desktop
I have installed Chrome Remote Desktop utility, but I don't know if I have configured the chrome.desktop file correctly.
When Ubuntu starts, unity panel and top bar don't appear, and I need to do a ...
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Windows that start out maximized restore to an application-specific size, not always a good one
I don't know that this is an OS-specific thing, a bug in the various UI toolkits in use, or purely application-specific, but the inconsistency is mildly infuriating - enough, at least, to get me to ...
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Unity Tweak Tool hot corners resets after every restart?
I've binded my top-right corner to show all windows and my bottom-center to show all workspaces. It works sweet.. But then I reboot and it's not binded anymore. If I go to the Ubuntu Tweak Tool, it's ...
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Conflict while moving windows between screens in GNOME with Compiz PUT & Grid plugins
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 with two screens.
I've enabled Compiz' plugins PUT & Grid simultaneously, have set up a shortcut, say Ctrl+Super+O in Grid to place a window to, e.g. the right corner. When ...
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Unity launcher placement doesn't change
I am using double monitors in Ubuntu 14-04 with Unity and I want to change the launcher to my left screen. I know I can find this option in Settings -> Display but when I try to change it, it only ...
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Compiz cpu usage too high after update
I started using Ubuntu 14.04 and i had no problems with high cpu usage and watching videos, but after the recent update to 14.10 when i play a video on my file system .avi or .mp4 doesn't matter the ...
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How to entirely disable keyboard shortcuts for "kiosk mode" applications
I am trying to develop a "kiosk mode" application based on the Chromium CEF web browser. I want to prevent the user from leaving the browser. This entails disabling keyboard shortcuts such as (but ...
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Unity On Top of Full Screen Apps With Multiple Monitors
I use an nvidia graphics card with multiple monitors on ubuntu 14.04. However its extremely frustrating to use because if I have anything open in fullscreen on one monitor, unity will always appear on ...
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Change title bar's color on focus in Compiz
When the focus is gained by a window, I want
title bar of this active window to be red,
opacity of inactive windows to be decreased. (solution for KDE)
Are these possible on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with ...
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Capslock remapped with Tweak Tool. Keyboard shortcuts not working on Startup
I used the gnome-tweak-tool to remap my Capslock key as a super key. Shortcut keys involving the super key do not work upon system restart.
(However my keyboard shortcuts under launchers for things ...
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compiz key bindings not working
After upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04, I have problems with the compiz key bindings.
I use gnome flashback and compiz, and want to use some window managing compiz plugins such as put and grid.
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Any way to find keybindings currently in use? (ubuntu, compiz or otherwise)
Is there a good way to list or find out the keybindings that are currently in use on your computer? I'm changing some keybindings in compiz (particularly because I don't have a keypad) and I didn't ...
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How to change Spread all windows animation speed?
I know using CCSM I can change the animation speeds of minimize window, open window, etc. But I can't find the section that lets me modify the animation speeds of 'spread all windows' (Super + W ...
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compiz put to next output does not work in all winsows configurations
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit.
Compiz "Put To Next Output" does not work for windows which were placed/sized with Grid Top or Bottom (Left, Right or full width). The window bounces back to previous location. ...
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multiple key combinations for one command in compiz
I'm trying to change the default behavior of Super Right/Left arrow into that of Ctrl Super Right/Left arrow as well as CtrlAlt4/6.
Ctrl Super Right/Left arrow is used to change the position and size ...
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Why are apps disappearing after I install them?
I am new to Ubuntu (and Linux in general). I installed Ubuntu 13.04 (after many installs of 12.04 and failed Office installs even though the web swears it's possible). I gave up on getting Office ...