Recommended way to start Compiz

[sithlord48]

Re: Recommended way to start Compiz

never had that issue

[dibl]

Re: Recommended way to start Compiz

Getting Compiz to autostart can be a little "twitchy" -- I've had my challenges doing that too. I have a .kderc script that (a) starts Conky and then (b) starts Compiz. I run it from Alt-F2 after the system is booted. It works more reliably this way than trying to save the script in System Settings > Advanced > Autostart.

[TheBigAmbulance]

Re: Recommended way to start Compiz

dibl....

Your kderc script - Does it use 'compiz --replace'?

I can get this running just fine if I place an entry in the ~/.kde/Autostart directory. But I'm trying to avoid the whole kill process to get another going situation.

[dibl]

Re: Recommended way to start Compiz

Here 'tis:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 15 && # 0 good for Xfce - use 20 to 30 for Gnome
conky -c ~/Conky/conkymain &
#sleep 0 &&
#conky -c ~/Conky/conkyweather &
sleep 15
nvidia-settings -a GPUOverclockingState=1 &
sleep 1
nvidia-settings -a GPU2DClockFreqs=300,300 &
sleep 1
nvidia-settings -a GPU3DClockFreqs=713,1230 &
sleep 1
compiz --replace
#fusion-icon
#end

The lines that begin with "nvidia-settings" turn on the overclocking option, and set the clock and memory speed for 3D effects.

[TheBigAmbulance]

Re: Recommended way to start Compiz

hmm.. the rc script will start before kdm even get's established, won't it?

[dibl]

Re: Recommended way to start Compiz

hmm.. the rc script will start before kdm even get's established, won't it?

No no -- this script is in my user's home folder. It doesn't run until KDM is already running (especially when I run it manually from the desktop).

[sithlord48]

Re: Recommended way to start Compiz

why then am i always using

compiz --replace

dibl can i get a bit of clearance on this ?

[dibl]

Re: Recommended way to start Compiz

dibl can i get a bit of clearance on this ?

I'm not really a compiz expert, sith. As I understand things, with Kubuntu or KDE, you get the default window manager, which is kwin. So, you have your standard Kubuntu system and kwin.

If you install the set of Compiz packages, and assuming you have a graphics GPU that is able to support compositing and GLX, then you can change from kwin to compiz, using the command above.

So if you have changed to compiz, and you need to change back to kwin, you have to issue

kwin --replace

and that replaces compiz with kwin.

OK?

[sithlord48]

Re: Recommended way to start Compiz

wait a min i did that wrong. i use

compiz --enable