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compiz --replace fails

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Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana

This is self-explanatory and a mystery to a noob like me:

compiz --replace output:

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compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: core
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: core
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: ccp
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: ccp
compizconfig - Info: Backend     : gsettings
compizconfig - Info: Integration : true
compizconfig - Info: Profile     : default
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: composite
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: composite
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: opengl
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: opengl
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: regex
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: regex
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: gnomecompat
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: gnomecompat
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: move
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: move
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: compiztoolbox
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: compiztoolbox
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: place
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: place
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: resize
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: resize
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: session
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: session
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: grid
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: grid
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: workarounds
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: workarounds
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: imgpng
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: imgpng
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: mousepoll
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: mousepoll
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: wobbly
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: wobbly
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: cube
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: cube
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: scale
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: scale
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: rotate
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: rotate
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: rotate
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: rotate
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: scale
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: scale
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: cube
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: cube
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: wobbly
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: wobbly
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: mousepoll
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: mousepoll
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: imgpng
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: imgpng
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: workarounds
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: workarounds
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: grid
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: grid
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: session
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: session
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: resize
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: resize
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: place
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: place
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: compiztoolbox
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: compiztoolbox
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: move
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: move
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: gnomecompat
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: gnomecompat
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: regex
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: regex
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: opengl
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: opengl
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: composite
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: composite
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: ccp
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: ccp
compiz (core) - Info: Stopping plugin: core
compiz (core) - Info: Unloading plugin: core
What is going on here?
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zerozero

Re: compiz --replace fails

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unkle wrote:This is self-explanatory and a mystery to a noob like me:
can you please add the output of

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inxi -Sx
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Re: compiz --replace fails

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Apologies, I meant to do that.

Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
ibrahimansari

Re: compiz --replace fails

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Where is the error? The output shows no error. It ran perfectly and Compiz is working.
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Re: compiz --replace fails

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Really? I'm sorry, I'm a real noob. There is no trace of compiz working, so far as I can see. Perhaps I'm trying to trigger the effects wrongly. I thought all those 'stop plug' and 'unload plugin' reports meant that compiz was not running things, that it ran into a wall and bounced right off. Wobbly windows doesn't work, for example, when I move a window or shake it about, but is ticked in the config gui application. Is there, by the way, a list of commands to trigger the effects, anywhere?
eanfrid

Re: compiz --replace fails

Post by eanfrid »

Since Cinnamon has already its own compositing window manager (muffin), Compiz cannot be used with Cinnamon.
mach50

Re: compiz --replace fails

Post by mach50 »

onemanarmy wrote:
eanfrid wrote:Since Cinnamon has already its own compositing window manager (muffin), Compiz cannot be used with Cinnamon.

I wish I knew this earlier, I managed to get pretty much everything I wanted working, except for cube (workspaces).
Is there some workaround, or do I have to install mate or something else?
I like compiz.

Thanx
compiz works only in mint mate , however i have tested mate 17.1 and compiz and after compiz --replace the system freeze , not a good thing to use compiz if you ask me , better mint 16
smartarthur

Re: compiz --replace fails

Post by smartarthur »

Hi
I am really new to forums so I apologise for being a noob.
Have just installed Mint 17 MATE and want to get compiz up and running.
Everything is installed but compiz --replace seems to stop half way and I cant move the windows around

Terminal output:
kevin@kevin-ThinkPad-X220-Tablet ~ $ compiz --replace
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: core
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: core
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: ccp
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: ccp
compizconfig - Info: Backend : ini
compizconfig - Info: Integration : true
compizconfig - Info: Profile : default
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: composite
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: composite
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: opengl
compiz (core) - Info: Starting plugin: opengl
compiz (core) - Info: Loading plugin: imgpng

(it stops here forever!)

output from inxi -Sx
kevin@kevin-ThinkPad-X220-Tablet ~ $ inxi -Sx
System: Host: kevin-ThinkPad-X220-Tablet Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana

Would appreciate any advice
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Re: compiz --replace fails

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mach50 wrote:compiz works only in mint mate , however i have tested mate 17.1 and compiz and after compiz --replace the system freeze , not a good thing to use compiz if you ask me
I will simply believe you are right so far, because obviously you have tried and it did not work for you and as it seems for others either.
, better mint 16
but I must seriously disagree with this part.
Recommending an outdated Linux Mint version cannot be the solution!
Yet, there may be hope, because Mint 17.1 RC is said to have greatly improved with respect to compiz on Mate: Out of the box support for Compiz
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