Window effects besides Compiz?

This is more of a general question, but I couldn't find it anywhere in the wiki. Say I don't want to install Compiz; is there any way I can still have some (minimal) window effects? Mostly I would want it to make a nice minimize effect cause the default one now is just kind of old school (which I guess isn't always bad).
Thanks.

Yeah, you can read about thiS:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xcompmgr

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I found this discussion:
"That effect has been in OSX for a while now, they just didn't put it in the menu for minimise effects... I guess they just didn't like it.
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[SOLVED] desktop effects and compiz

Hello all,
Recently rebuilt my system with Arch 32, had 64 on it and mucked it up. Everything appears to be running smoothly, at least as can be. I do have a few questions regarding compiz and other desktop effects.
Whenever I run compiz, it will eventually crash, stripping all borders off windows and I cannot do anything, cannot click anywhere, though I can navigate any open apps on my desktop, just cant bring down menus or such. the only way to fix is a reboot, and a good thing I have been keeping terminal up.
Which brings me to my second question, I have my terminal set to a transparent background, however, the background in terminal is only semi/quasi transparent, meaning my desktop shows through the window, which is great, but when I move the terminal windows over another window, Firefox or Chromium for that matter, the browser doesn't show through terminal but instead my desktop still shows through the terminal. My ubuntu system at work works as expected, meaning when I drag my terminal over other windows, the windows show through the terminal not my desktop. Is there a setting in Arch that I'm missing, or do you know if Ubuntu does some other smoke and mirrors trick?
I have an nVidia 9800GT video card and I installed the drivers, X, and Compiz per the wiki's instructions.
any help would be appreciated, would like to get compiz running smoothly without crashes, which is possible since my ubuntu system has never had compiz crash *knock on wood*.
--nixIT
Last edited by nixIT (2010-11-10 20:20:21)

nixIT wrote:Which brings me to my second question, I have my terminal set to a transparent background, however, the background in terminal is only semi/quasi transparent, meaning my desktop shows through the window, which is great, but when I move the terminal windows over another window, Firefox or Chromium for that matter, the browser doesn't show through terminal but instead my desktop still shows through the terminal. My ubuntu system at work works as expected, meaning when I drag my terminal over other windows, the windows show through the terminal not my desktop. Is there a setting in Arch that I'm missing, or do you know if Ubuntu does some other smoke and mirrors trick?
It sounds like your terminal is using fake transparency i.e. reproducing the desktop background while true transparency is using ARGB visuals (and needs a compositor WM).
If you want your terminal to be truly transparent and it doesn't provide an ARGB visuals option, you need to set a custom matching rule in compiz.

No window decoration with Compiz using gtk-window-decorator

Hello.
I know this is and old problem with Compiz and ArchLinux, but no matter what I do, I can't make it work.
This happens when I try to use Compiz:
$ compiz --replace ccp &
[1] 2370
[user@userlaptop ~]$ Backend : ini
Integration : true
Profile : default
Adding plugins
Initializing core options...done
Initializing decor options...done
Initializing move options...done
Initializing resize options...done
Setting Update "command"
And this, if I try to run Compiz with fusion-icon, with o without the Dbus option:
$ fusion-icon
* Detected Session: gnome
* Searching for installed applications...
Backend : ini
Integration : true
Profile : default
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/fusion-icon", line 57, in <module>
from FusionIcon.interface import choose_interface
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/FusionIcon/interface.py", line 22, in <module>
from util import env
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/FusionIcon/util.py", line 421, in <module>
decorators = CompizDecorators(_installed)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/FusionIcon/util.py", line 228, in __init__
self.command = context.Plugins['decoration'].Display['command']
KeyError: 'decoration'
Also, when i try to run compiz-manager, this is what i get:
$ compiz-manager
Checking for Xgl: not present.
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log
No whitelisted driver found
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity
Here is my xorg.cong configuration file:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "aticonfig Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
Option "AIGLX" "true"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option "DRI" "true"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "evdev"
Option "XkbLayout" "es"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection
If I use compiz-check:
$ compiz-check
Gathering information about your system...
Distribution: Arch Linux
Desktop environment: GNOME
Graphics chip: ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200]
Driver in use: fglrx
Rendering method: None
Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system... [SKIP]
Checking for hardware/setup problems... [SKIP]
At least one check had to be skipped:
Error: No rendering method in use (AIGLX, Xgl or Nvidia)
Other considerations:
"Window decorations", "Resize windows" and "Move windows" are checked in ccsm for user and root.
"gtk-window-decorator --replace" is set at the command field in "Window decorations" options.
My kernel version is 2.6.35-ARCH, and the video driver is ATI Catalyst 10.12 with Xorg 1.9.
Everytime I use compiz-manager, Gnome crashes.
Thank you for your time guys, I hope this information helps you to help me out.

That's not an option, I don't want to sacrifice video performance for a few effects.
Also, shouldn't be that way, why a distribution like ArchLinux, one of the best, has this kind of problems with Drivers.

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Hi,
Where is the package for kde-window-decorator?
The wiki just says to type it into ccsm: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … Decoration
Ive tried installing compiz, the kde deps, rebuilding compiz after deps were installed, tried to locate kde-window-decorator using pkgfile, and looked at the pkgbuild/build options for compiz. It's almost as if this is not an option, as there is a total lack of documentation on kde-window-decorator.
Am I totally missing something obvious or does this binary not exist?

From the wiki: "The GTK Window Decorator and the KDE Window Decorator are included in the Compiz source and can be optionally compiled whilst building Compiz. Emerald, on the other hand, is a separate, standalone decorator."
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-DBUILD_KDE4=Off \
to
-DBUILD_KDE4=On \
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Last edited by Milena (2010-04-27 07:14:05)

[SOLVED] Highlight Window effect doesn't work

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I have KDE 4.4 installed and it's working really fine, with one exeption: The desktop effect "highlight window" is not working, no mater what I try (disabling all other effects, enabling just a few, disabling and reenabling compositing). Nothing helped!
The other "related" desktop effect, where you can maximize windows by dragging them to the borders of your screen, is working like a charm, also the preview of a window in the taskbar (if you hover over it with your mouse), all fine.
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McZ wrote:Anyway, first I have activated a few effects and that is to have my inactive windows transparent and all windows titlebar it all working good. But is there any way to exclude any window from the transparency stuff?
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[CS3] Dual monitor : disable Flash interface windows effects (shadows & transparency)

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Hi friends, I have installed this packages:
ccsm-git
compiz-bcop-git
compiz-fusion-plugins-extra-git
compiz-fusion-plugins-main-git
compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported-git
compizconfig-python-git
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libcompizconfig-git
emerald-git
The error looks like this:
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# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Jun 13 18:39:30 PDT 2007
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
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InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
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Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
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Identifier "Monitor0"
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Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
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For those that wish to reenable the option for this behaviour:
Install customizepkg-patching from the AUR
Create a file /etc/customizepkg.d/kdebase-workspace with the content below
Reinstall kdebase-workspace with sudo pacman -S kdebase-workspace
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=321190#c43
Last updated 2014-01-08
--- PKGBUILD.old 2013-10-08 00:05:52.000000000 +0200
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build() {
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"${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/systemd/system/kdm.service
install -Dm644 "${srcdir}"/kdm.logrotate "${pkgdir}"/etc/logrotate.d/kdm
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I would recommend this be put on the Wiki, honestly. Even if it's only needed as a temporary fix till upstream resolves it, instructionals (in my understanding) are often better placed on the Wiki than on the BBS.
All the best,
-HG

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