Run Compiz without Gnome?/KDE/XFCE4

I have installed compiz-core and compiz-deskmenu. I have exec compiz in my .xinitrc.
When I run startx I get a black screen with a mouse x pointer.
Is there some configuration that needs to be done, or have I done anything wrong?
The wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compiz doesn't give any clues.

orjanp wrote:
I have installed compiz-core and compiz-deskmenu. I have exec compiz in my .xinitrc.
When I run startx I get a black screen with a mouse x pointer.
Is there some configuration that needs to be done, or have I done anything wrong?
The wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compiz doesn't give any clues.
Everythings working fine. You just have to add your wallpaper, mouse icon, panel, and all the rest of that stuff. Try downloading bmpanel then add that to your xinitrc file so it looks like this:
exec bmpanel &
exec compiz
let me know if you need anymore help.

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Running Compiz without DE - a few questions

I'm playing around with Compiz as a stand-alone WM and there are a few details that bug me:
a) I'm generally using Alt+LeftClick to move, Alt+RightClick to resize Windows. I configured both shortcuts in Compiz, but everytime I Alt+Rightclick on a window I get a maximize/minimize/etc-context menu instead of a resize. I haven't found out where this shortcut is configured, does anyone know? (I HATE the configuration manager - it's all over the place!)
b) What's with the Desktop/Workspace stuff? I can configure multiple desktops AND workspaces, but all plugins that claim to relate to desktops (by name, like desktop cube etc.) actually relate to workspaces. For desktops there is nothing at all.
But whatever, I'll just use workspaces instead of desktops, right? No such luck, because tint2, my taskbar of choice, only recognizes different desktops, not workspaces. So, a) how do I teach tint2 to recognize workspaces or b) how do I make all the fun stuff one can do with workspaces apply to desktops (like they should, the plugin is called 'Desktop Wall/Cube/whatever', grrr...).
[edit: One other thing: Any idea how to make Compiz focus windows on click, but only raise them on Shift/Control/Alt/whatever+click?]
[edit2: OK, I screwed up some bindings ... only the problem with b) remains, the rest I fixed.]
Last edited by lastchancetosee (2010-07-09 12:47:09)

There is no "fix" to your problem. Compiz plugins use Viewports instead of Desktops, so it's more beneficial to have multiple Viewports and one Desktop.
However, tint2 only knows about Desktops, even though Viewports are a perfectly acceptable EHWM compliant thing. You'll see that few panels work well with Compiz.

Auto suspend on idle without Gnome or KDE? [SOLVED]

This may be a stupid question but I've never had to actually mess with this before on a system without Gnome or KDE installed (they have their own utilities which tends to make this easy) and I've spent an hour researching to no avail.
I'm looking for a way to force the entire computer to automatically suspend to RAM after 30 minutes of no keyboard or mouse activity. I already have pm-utils and xscreensaver installed and 'pm-suspend' already works great when I call it manually but what I'm missing is a way to detect the idle and actually call 'pm-suspend' automatically. I do have HAL and udev. Of course it runs X too but there is no D.E. installed. Only various Window managers.
BTW- this is for a Desktop not a laptop if that is significant for some reason. The reason for it is basically I want this computer to suspend (to save power) at night and other times when it's not being used.
Thanks for any help you can give!
Last edited by davidm (2011-02-21 01:58:18)

Still welcoming some help after all....
I've been attempting to use xfce4-power-manager but am having an issue where as a normal user actual power management options other than for the monitor are disabled. It works fine as root but not as a normal user.
User is a member of the power group.
Have consolekit installed.
Launching WM from .xinitrc (No Display manager such as slim) using 'exec ck-launch-session /usr/local/bin/wm'
Anything I am missing for why this wouldn't work?
Trying to use the debug option:
(xfce4-power-manager:2633): xfce4-power-manager-WARNING **: Unable to connect to session managet : Failed to connect to the session manager: SESSION_MANAGER environment variable not defined
(xfce4-power-manager:2633): xfce4-power-manager-WARNING **: could not map keysym 1008ffa8 to keycode
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** (xfce4-power-manager:2633): DEBUG: xfpm_brightness_setup_helper: get-max-brightness returned -1
** (xfce4-power-manager:2633): DEBUG: no brightness controls available
Last edited by davidm (2011-02-21 01:17:51)

System wide proxy settings without gnome and kde

Hi,
this is my software stack:
linux
X
openbox
chromium
my university had the great idea to cencor and filter the internet so that students can't do bad stuff and besides that can't do anything at all. They even block ping and ssh connections.. but that's another story.
here are my problems with that:
chomium devs seem to live in a very small world in which only kde and gnome exist, because these envirenments are the only way to let chromium know that it should use a proxy server.
I've written a small script that works perfectly for most of my stuff. here it is:
$ cat ~/.proxyon
export http_proxy='proxy.fh-brandenburg.de:3128'
export https_proxy='proxy.fh-brandenburg.de:3128'
export ftp_proxy='ftp-proxy.fh-brandenburg.de:21'
export socks5_proxy='socks5-proxy.fh-brandenburg.de:1080'
export HTTP_PROXY=http_proxy
export HTTPS_PROXY=https_proxy
export FTP_PROXY=ftp_proxy
export SOCKS5_PROXY=socks5_proxy
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy autoconfig-url 'http://proxy.fh-brandenburg.de/proxy.pac'
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy mode 'manual'
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.http enabled true
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.http host 'proxy.fh-brandenburg.de'
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.http port 3128
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.https host 'proxy.fh-brandenburg.de'
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.https port 3128
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.ftp host 'ftp-proxy.fh-brandenburg.de'
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.ftp port 21
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.socks host 'socks5-proxy.fh-brandenburg.de'
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.socks port 1080
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy ignore-hosts "['localhost', '127.0.0.0/8', '*.fh-brandenburg.de' ]"
to start chromium i've made another script to test the proxy behavier:
$ cat ~/start_chromium.sh
source ~/.proxyon && echo $http_proxy && chromium
This should work because I set every proxy variable I'm aware of and the script spits out the correct proxy server but chromium still don't uses any proxies. Does anyone have a solution to this? I'm out of ideas..

delta24 wrote:Try creating a script in /etc/profile.d named proxy.sh having all the proxy config.
The behavier I want to achieve is that I can hot swap proxy and non proxy networks without restarting the browser. This works under gnome because chromium reads the proxy config from gconf which gets updated on network change but this doesn't work without gnome.
Most of the time I'm on networks without proxies. Only in university I need them. A simple switch to activate them when needed would be nice.

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[SOLVED] Can't start compiz with gnome

When I set up gnome initially, I used the following wiki guide:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … k_Users.29
I had some issues after upgrading to gnome 3.8 that have now since been solved. I wen't through quite a bit trying to fix it and now somehow compiz isn't starting with my gnome/compiz session. It starts just fine if I run
$ compiz ccp --replace
after logging into the session. I think I'm simply not understanding how this session that I've installed works (or .session files in general).
here is my /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-compiz.session:
[GNOME Session]
Name=GNOME Compiz
RequiredComponents=compiz;cairo-dock;gnome-settings-daemon;
RequiredProviders=notifications;
DefaultProvider-windowmanager=compiz
DefaultProvider-notifications=notification-daemon
I tried removing cairo-dock from the above file just to make sure that this is the file actually being used and it did start up without the dock as I guessed. Obviously this file is being used. Why won't compiz start as well? I also tried adding gnome-panel to the file and gnome-panel did not start. Is this because it needs a .desktop file as well? I assume so.
Here is my /usr/share/xsessions/gnome-compiz.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=GNOME/Compiz
Comment=This session logs you into the GNOME desktop environment with Compiz and Cairo-Dock
Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-session --session=gnome-compiz
Icon=compiz
Type=XSession
and here is my /usr/share/applications/compiz.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Compiz
Exec=bash -c 'compiz --replace --sm-client-id $DESKTOP_AUTOSTART_ID --keep-desktop-hints ccp decoration'
NoDisplay=true
# name of loadable control center module
X-GNOME-WMSettingsModule=compiz
# autostart phase
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=WindowManager
X-GNOME-Provides=windowmanager
# name we put on the WM spec check window
X-GNOME-WMName=compiz
# back compat only
X-GnomeWMSettingsLibrary=compiz
Last edited by instantaphex (2013-05-04 20:59:44)

So I started to think that maybe compiz was actually starting up but the ccp argument wasn't taking. I ran
$ pgrep -l compiz
and got no output. So compiz really isn't starting at all. What gives?

GNOME + KDE = slow?

I've been wonder for a long time: If I install both GNOME and KDE on the same box, will I suffers any performance problems? Some people said that install both will affect the performance because the need to load two libraries (GTK & QT) at the same time.
Is this true? What is you guys opinion? Are there any of you who have both of them install? If so did you notices any slowdown or other side effects compare to having only one window manager? I'm currently using GNOME and I'm thinking of giving KDE a try but would like to make sure that install KDE won't affect my system speed and responsiveness.

zodmaner wrote:
mucknert wrote:And with enough RAM, it's not even an inconvenience any more.
Great! So I've got Althlon 64 3200+ with 1 gig RAM, will this be enough to run both without any slowdown?
Yes, I would think 1 G allows running both gtk and qt apps on either kde or gnome without any problems.

[compiz] compiz without window border

hi all
i am tying to run compiz , but no way to have a window border
it is a laptop with intel chipset, kernel mode setting activated
lspci
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 072f
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 31
Memory at f4400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3
Kernel driver in use: i915
no xorg.conf file
/var/log/Xorg.0.log (very long)
X.Org X Server 1.6.3
Release Date: 2009-7-31
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.30-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux keynux 2.6.30-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 17 16:06:45 CEST 2009 x86_64
Build Date: 25 August 2009 09:11:18PM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Aug 26 17:11:51 2009
(II) Loader magic: 0x15c0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 5.0
X.Org XInput driver : 4.0
X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(II) Loader running on linux
(++) using VT number 7
(--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:2a42:1558:072f Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller rev 7, Mem @ 0xf4400000/4194304, 0xd0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x00001800/8
(--) PCI: (0:0:2:1) 8086:2a43:1558:072f Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller rev 7, Mem @ 0xf4100000/1048576
(==) Using default built-in configuration (39 lines)
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Section "Device"
Identifier "Builtin Default intel Device 0"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Builtin Default intel Screen 0"
Device "Builtin Default intel Device 0"
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Identifier "Builtin Default i810 Device 0"
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Device "Builtin Default i810 Device 0"
EndSection
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Identifier "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
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Identifier "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0"
Device "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
EndSection
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Identifier "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
Driver "fbdev"
EndSection
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Identifier "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"
Device "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Builtin Default Layout"
Screen "Builtin Default intel Screen 0"
Screen "Builtin Default i810 Screen 0"
Screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0"
Screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"
EndSection
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(**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default intel Screen 0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(**) | |-->Device "Builtin Default intel Device 0"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default intel Screen 0".
Using a default monitor configuration.
(**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default i810 Screen 0" (1)
(**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(**) | |-->Device "Builtin Default i810 Device 0"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default i810 Screen 0".
Using a default monitor configuration.
(**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0" (2)
(**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(**) | |-->Device "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0".
Using a default monitor configuration.
(**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0" (3)
(**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(**) | |-->Device "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0".
Using a default monitor configuration.
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1,
built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Cannot locate a core pointer device.
(II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device.
(II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable AllowEmptyInput.
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) System resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.3, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.3, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.3, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.3, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.3, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.3, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "intel"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//intel_drv.so
(II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 2.7.99
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) LoadModule: "i810"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module i810
(II) UnloadModule: "i810"
(EE) Failed to load module "i810" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "vesa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vesa_drv.so
(II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 2.2.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
(II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
(EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, IGD_GM, IGD_G, 965G, G35,
965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset,
Intel Integrated Graphics Device, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, IGDNG_D,
IGDNG_M
(II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:02:0
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
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drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 8
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
(II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Builtin Default intel Screen 0" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
(==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
(==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset
(--) intel(0): Chipset: "Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset"
(II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 has no monitor section
(II) intel(0): Output VGA1 disconnected
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 connected
(II) intel(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
(II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using initial mode 1280x800
(==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
(==) intel(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.3, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vesa_drv.so
(==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
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[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
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[10] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
(**) intel(0): Kernel mode setting active, disabling FBC.
(**) intel(0): Framebuffer compression disabled
(**) intel(0): Tiling enabled
(**) intel(0): SwapBuffers wait enabled
(==) intel(0): VideoRam: 262144 KB
(II) intel(0): Attempting memory allocation with tiled buffers.
(II) intel(0): Tiled allocation successful.
(II) UXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations:
(II) solid
(II) copy
(II) composite (RENDER acceleration)
(==) intel(0): Backing store disabled
(==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) intel(0): Initializing HW Cursor
(II) intel(0): No memory allocations
(II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
(II) intel(0): DPMS enabled
(==) intel(0): Intel XvMC decoder disabled
(II) intel(0): Set up textured video
(II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 Enabled
(--) RandR disabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
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(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
(II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
(II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i965_dri.so
(II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
(II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 261 x 163
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation
(II) LoadModule: "evdev"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//evdev_drv.so
(II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.3, module version = 2.2.5
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button emulation" (type: MOUSE)
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: initialized for relative axes.
(II) config/hal: Adding input device PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE
(**) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: always reports core events
(**) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: Device: "/dev/input/event10"
(II) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: Found x and y relative axes
(II) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: Found scroll wheel(s)
(II) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: Configuring as mouse
(**) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE" (type: MOUSE)
(**) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: initialized for relative axes.
(II) config/hal: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//synaptics_drv.so
(II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.1.2
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.1.2
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event8"
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1472 - 5472
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1408 - 4448
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 0
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left right middle
(**) Option "TapButton1" "1"
(**) Option "TapButton2" "2"
(**) Option "TapButton3" "3"
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD)
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
(**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "fr"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Sleep Button
(**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
(**) Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event7"
(II) Sleep Button: Found keys
(II) Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "fr"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button
(**) Power Button: always reports core events
(**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "fr"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Video Bus
(**) Video Bus: always reports core events
(**) Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
(II) Video Bus: Found keys
(II) Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "fr"
(II) config/hal: Adding input device Power Button
(**) Power Button: always reports core events
(**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
(II) Power Button: Found keys
(II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
(**) Option "xkb_layout" "fr"
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "BOE", prod id 1203
(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0 71.10 1280 1328 1360 1440 800 803 809 823 -hsync -vsync (49.4 kHz)
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "BOE", prod id 1203
(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0 71.10 1280 1328 1360 1440 800 803 809 823 -hsync -vsync (49.4 kHz)
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "BOE", prod id 1203
(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0 71.10 1280 1328 1360 1440 800 803 809 823 -hsync -vsync (49.4 kHz)
(II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) AIGLX: Resuming AIGLX clients after VT switch
(II) intel(0): No memory allocations
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Sleep Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Video Bus: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) AIGLX: Resuming AIGLX clients after VT switch
(II) intel(0): No memory allocations
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Sleep Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Video Bus: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) AIGLX: Resuming AIGLX clients after VT switch
(II) intel(0): No memory allocations
(--) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Sleep Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Video Bus: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
i run fusion icon without error and switch from metacity to compiz successfully
fusion-icon
* Detected Session: gnome
* Searching for installed applications...
* Intel detected, exporting: INTEL_BATCH=1
* Using the GTK Interface
* Metacity is already running
* Setting window manager to Compiz
... executing: compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp
* Setting decorator to Emerald ("emerald --replace")
* Reloading compiz
... executing: compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp
* Setting window manager to Metacity
but when compiz is activated, no border, with emerald or gtk-windows-decorator
when i try to start compiz standalone from gdm, Xorg starts but gnome freeze, it fails with dmesg like this
drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
[drm:drm_wait_vblank] *ERROR* failed to acquire vblank counter, -22
no error when starting a normal gnome session
i have no idea....
if i only had an error code while running fusion-icon....

In compizconfig settings manager > effect > window decoration should be enabled. Check that.
Another you'll need are in Window management > move window and resize window.

What's the difference between gnome, kde and xfce?

What's the difference between gnome, kde and xfce? Today I heard someone said gnome and kde have more software than xfce. Is that real?
Thank you.
Last edited by thesimpsons (2009-04-02 01:50:28)

Its really a matter of taste, really. KDE is know to be configurable like hell, GNOME very easy to use, and XFCE lightweitgh.
Keep in mind that whatever desktop environment (DE) you choose, you can use any application in any DE. For example, firefox, a "GTK" application, works without problem under KDE. Or Kile, a latex front-end for KDE, works perfect under Gnome.
Personnally I prefer KDE. But I mostly prefer KDE applications like the editors (Kate/Kwrite) and file manager (dolphin).
KDE is slower to start on my EeePC (really small machine) but because it is full featured, I can cut on number of packages installed, so in the end, with the same functionality, I have more room on my disk then using XFCE!
Just try them, and choose the one you like

How do you load Compiz before Gnome Session?

I'd like for Compiz to load entirely before the Gnome 3 Desktop panels slide in. Is there a way to control in what order things load in Xorg or something?

Compiz works just fine with Gnome 3 if you choose not to use Gnome Shell. I use Gnome 3's panels (i.e. the classic "Fallback Mode") along with Compiz. My Gnome 3 desktop looks just like Gnome 2, but with better features (i.e. GTK3 instead of GTK2). Panel applets run on DBus now (instead of Bonobo) and all we need to do is port over some of the best applets from Bonobo to DBus. Some of the awesome Gedit 2 plugins need to be ported to Gedit 3 too.
But anyways, I still want to figure out how to load Compiz before Gnome Panel slide-in animations are fired. I believe it might have to do with xorg.conf.
Last edited by trusktr (2012-05-12 07:51:59)

Running awesome3 without a DM

Hi all, I'm currently running Awesome3 through GDM, which is there because I formerly ran Gnome (which is still installed). I'm going to be reinstalling Arch in a couple of days, and I'm thinking of just running Awesome without any DM, via startx/xinitrc. But when I do that on my current install, I find a couple of things don't quite work right in Awesome when I load it directly via startx, and I haven't found any info on them on the Wiki (maybe I'm not looking in the right places).
First fonts seem strange, and conky for example can't recognise certain characters.
Second, several essential commands such as shutdown and reboot aren't recognised in the shell.
Neither of these problems occur in Awesome when loaded via GDM. Does anyone have any experience with this?
Cheers!

Misfit138 wrote:Configure your ~/.xinitrc to utilize consolekit; I believe that may be your issue.
Thanks, I'll have a look into it!

Run java without the terminal

I am working on an application(a gui of course), and I would like to be able to run it without a terminal in the background? Is this even possible? I know about executable jar files, but a majority of the time, the OS won't know what to do with it.
For the time being, I made a very simple C program which calls the java command, but it opens a termial anyways.
Please advise (ooohhh, what a fancy way to ask for help. Advise makes it sound cool XD)

And either way, this still opens a terminal :(Not on any of the systems where I've used it.
It sounds like you and/or some crap applications you've installed have messed up your environment.
Can't you remap whatever KDE uses to handle various filetypes?

Install gnome/kde/xfce to /usr?

Why don't we just put everything into /usr? The /opt serves no purpose since all apps are installed/removed by pacman and not untar/rm. And where should you install an app that needs both of kde and gnome?? /opt/kde+gnome?
The reasons people are against this are summarized below:
· The standard says "Large software packages must not use a direct subdirectory under the /usr hierarchy": BUT kde and gnome are not large packages (like openoffice), but many small packages, just like the rest of linux. The "GNOME" or "KDE" is just a conceptual name for end-users. Any app or user could use 1% of gnome/kde packages and keep away from the other 99%.
· Puting all files into /usr is slow: There isn't any benchmark to confirm that. And a nearly-complete gnome 2.14 installation contains only about 100-200 files in /opt/gnome/bin/, compared to more than 1000 in /usr/bin. It just can't cause any slow down on modern linux filesystems. (it's 1,100+ not 11,000+)

once upon a time, it was simpler and certainly cleaner to put things in opt as we do, and we didnt have a standard telling us what to do. Time have changed since, and it's quite a monumental and time consuming task to move all of gnome, all of kde, and all of the various programs back to /usr, something that just doesnt seem like it will reap any benefit for all the effort. That's the sole reason why things are in opt. Simple.
Sure, there's the standard -- but because there's a standard, doesnt mean we must follow it. Plenty of people get caught up in the word 'standard' and instagib-flame-kinghit-ko-up-left-right-right-down anyone who speaks against a standard irrelevant of the quality or applicability of the standard.
It's not like most distros actually observe the standard anyway. I havn't seen a single distro having httpd serve out of /srv. The standard itself is out of date and contradictory. Xorg moved from X11R6 to /usr a while back now. Besides, why seperate X into X11R6? what makes it so special that it must be seperated yet kde and gnome cannot?
And is having kde and gnome seperate actually a violation of the standard?
It's no difficult stretch of the mind to consider them "Add-on application software packages" after all, they're not required for a system to run, and nor are they installed by default, they are addons after installation.
If we now look at the /usr section of the FHS, we see that:
/usr is the second major section of the filesystem. /usr is shareable, read-only data ..... Large software packages must not use a direct subdirectory under the /usr hierarchy.
It isnt difficult to consider KDE and GNOME large software packages. Saying they aren't large because they're split, is like calling OOo small if we split it up into each of it's components, libraries and programs. If you do decide to use any particular KDE and GNOME app, there exists something known as dependencies. For kde, you'll get a minimum of 30mb from kdebase, and that's just the tarball, not the extracted size.
The desktops themselves are quite large anyway. pacman -S gnome. I havn't got a clean install on me here, but it's surely a reasonable size to install to get a functioning GNOME desktop, KDE is definitely quite big, with kdebase alone being 30mb.
If you look at the actual standard, it's pretty flexible, and it's definition of /opt's purpose is very lofty. The rationale for it, is that "The use of /opt for add-on software is a well-established practice in the UNIX community"
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3 … REPACKAGES
And we can take their approach here too, not only is it fine to put kde and gnome in opt as they are addon packages, but we can use their own rationale and say "that's how we've always done it"
By no means do I remotely agree with the standard, but if you can use it to argue for putting them in /usr, you can also use it to argue for putting them in /opt. Either way, it negates this standard because of the ambiguity in this area and doesnt change the sole reason why things are in /opt in arch, which I explained first.
James

Gnome hangs, xfce4 works :(

Suddenly gnome doesn't want to start when I run startx ("exec gnome-session" in .xinitrc). All I get is a black screen with the mouse cursor. From there I only have CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE as an option. startxfce4 works fine (i'm using it now..). I don't get any errormsg from startx either. I've tried to delete the .gnome2* folders.. no help.
Any suggestions, log files to look in etc?
I have no (EE) in the latest Xorg.log file, nor any (WW) to be woried about.

Droog - that may be so, but I hate to not know why gnome boorks on me. Whats the different with xfce4 in arch repo and xfce-svn?
Also, if I start a program like totem (which was installed during gnome installation), it doesn't display for ages. I can try to start it, and it goes over 10 minutes before it starts/displays

Gnumeric without GNOME

I thought I'd post this in case others weren't aware of the fact that you can install Gnumeric with very few GNOME deps. Apparently most of the GNOME dependencies that Arch has for Gnumeric are, in fact, optional. To see the list of deps, go here and scroll down to the table.
So, here's what you do. I've written it out a bit for those who are less familiar with PKGBUILDs.
1. Run "abs" so that you get the latest PKGBUILDs.
2. Go to /var/abs/extra/lib/goffice, edit the PKGBUILD so that the deps say:
depends=('libgsf' 'libgnomeprint')
and then run "makepkg" and "pacman -A" the package.
3. Go to /var/abs/extra/office/gnumeric, edit the PKGBUILD so that the deps say:
depends=('libgnomeprintui' 'goffice')
and so the configure line says:
./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome --without-guile --without-gnome --without-psiconv
and then run "makepkg" and "pacman -A" the package.
4. Copy your goffice and gnumeric directories to /var/abs/local so they don't get overwritten.
Note that you'll get a few error msgs about gconftool not installed and other gnome things that I was too lazy to remove because they can be safely ignored.
Enjoy your speedy OOo calc replacement

AFAIK abiword can be built without gnome dependencies by configuring it as:
./configure --disable-gnome --disable-printing --disable-spellcheck --with-libxml2
However you would be unable to print anything without the libraries.
Didn't tried it, but more information can be found here: http://www.beranger.org/index.php?article=2306&page=3k

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