[arch-general] default ~/.config/compiz/compizconfig prevents compiz start with radeonhd

[Andrei Thorp]

Thanks for all your effort.

-AT

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 9:29 PM, David C. Rankin
<drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. wrote:
>> On Saturday 09 May 2009 03:09:37 David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. wrote:
>>> Listmates,
>>>
>> <snip>
>>>      The problem is with the archlinux default
>>> ~/.config/compiz/compizconfig/config supplied along with the
>>> compiz-fusion-kde package. The default is:
>>>
>>> [kde_session]
>>> profile =
>>>
>>>      For some reason this prevents compiz from starting with either the radeon
>>> or radeonhd driver.
>>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>       Just fyi, I checked the default config for suse by creating a new user,
>> starting compiz, and exiting. It is as follows:
>>
>> [03:21 ecstasy:/srv/www/download/linux/compiz] # cat
>> compizconfig-suse/compizconfig/Default.ini
>> [decoration]
>> as_command = kde-window-decorator --replace
>>
>> [core]
>> as_active_plugins =
>> core;ccp;place;move;resize;decoration;png;wobbly;cube;fade;minimize;rotate;scale;switcher;regex;workarounds;zoom;
>>
>>       My guess is that "workarounds" is what helped compiz get started with the
>> default config. (That is only my guess though)
>>
>
>        The key wasn't simply "workarounds" but also needed was "as_command = emerald
> --replace".
>
>        3rd-time is the charm. I didn't like the way the earlier posts read, so for
> conciseness, the following default configuration for the 2 files needed under
> ~/.config/compiz/compizconfig will get you going using the radeonhhd driver:
>
> ~/.config/compiz/compizconfig/config
> [kde_session]
> backend = ini
> profile =
>
> ~/.config/compiz/compizconfig/Default.ini
> [decoration]
> as_command = emerald --replace
>
> [core]
> as_active_plugins =
> core;resize;decoration;water;zoom;splash;png;minimize;workarounds;shift;wobbly;regex;place;firepaint;mousepoll;obs;fade;move;cube;showmouse;rotate;switcher;cubeaddon;scale;expo;
>
>        Additionally, (I didn't test this), but supposedly, you can just start compiz
> (it will not be working), and then run ccsm (CompizConfig Settings Manager) and
> make your setting changes, then restart compiz.
>
>        Now someone reading this thread can make sense of it and have all the needed
> changes in a single post for the required compiz defaults.
>
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