Xfce & Compiz

Hi,
I am using Xfce 4.8 and I'm trying to use Compiz but I can't get it to work right I seem to get an error "can't find ccp module" but I think that could be the main issue on why it's not working. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this?
Last edited by brenden1096 (2011-05-07 12:57:49)

Which compiz packages are installed on your system? In my case it looks like this:
[photon-new@photon-desktop ~]$ yaourt compiz | grep installed
1 community/ccsm 0.8.4-2 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-gtk compiz-fusion-kde) [installed]
2 community/compiz-bcop 0.8.4-1 [installed]
3 community/compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.8.4-1 (compiz-fusion-gtk compiz-fusion) [installed]
5 community/compizconfig-python 0.8.4-2 [installed]
6 community/compiz-core 0.8.6-2 (compiz compiz-kde compiz-gtk compiz-fusion) [installed]
9 community/compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.8.6-2 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-gtk compiz-fusion-kde) [installed]
10 community/compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.8.6-1 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion-gtk) [installed]
12 community/emerald 0.8.4-2 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion-gtk) [installed]
13 community/emerald-themes 0.6.0-3 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion-gtk) [installed]
14 community/fusion-icon 20101021-1 (compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-kde compiz-fusion-gtk) [installed]
15 community/libcompizconfig 0.8.4-2 [installed]
I must admit though, that switching from XFWM to Compiz sometimes doesn't work for some reason... But I've configured XFCE to start Compiz as default WM (see wiki) and if I don't switch the WM during the session everything works.
edit: Seems like you can start Compiz either via fusion-icon or on startup as default window manager, but starting it from the terminal gives this error. It might be related to the package version mix (0.84, 0.86) in the repo.
edit2: I managed to make it start by passing the "--ignore-desktop-hints" option:
compiz --ignore-desktop-hints ccp
But now starting it via /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml doesn't work (seems like before it worked just because of lucky session saving)...
Last edited by PhotonX (2011-05-07 20:41:09)

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