Compiz Thread

[imported_spankdidly]

I booted from USB into the ATI Compiz option. This is on a T60. I booted and then it instantly went into the desktop, then bounced back and asked me to login...

root
toor
startx

Startx Crashed and said no screens could be found.

I then ran..

xconf

then

startx

And now it works flawlessly. I feel like a pimp right now it looks so cool.

[ats1080]

i ran the one for nvidia just to see what its like (the actual boot option) and i dunno if its messed up or suppost to be like this, but none of the windows have title bars. i cant move or minimise them. and they dont show up in the task bar either.

[imported_spankdidly]

i also ran into this after enabling it. It will probably need more tweaking in the future. It's a nice feature, but not a requirement to run the best pentesting distro in the world

[imported_spankdidly]

I did this from what Marv suggested..

"I must warn you that is isn't working like a charm here. It's slow and some windows don't render properly, nevertheless here you go:

Installed to HD
I installed the drivers from ati.com
pressed ctrl+alt+backspace to get out X
did 'aticonfig --initial'
ran startx
On the usb version there is a file /bt3/optional/cubez.lzm
cd to it's directory and run 'lzm2dir cubez.lzm /' this will extract it to /
now edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add:
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite"
EndSection

Restart X again, it should now work

Big question now: how to properly remove it again, changing between windows is real slow. The benchmark just dropped from 250 to 15 fps"


I noticed on my machine I have about 12 different desktops (switching to different desktops from the taskbar.) but when I went to configure how many to have, the setup said I had 4 desktops, but I actually had 12. So I dropped the desktops through the menu to 1, and now I have 4 lol. Looks like it's multiplying the desktops (at least on my T60). Compiz runs faster after dropping it to one. Still pretty slow though. Could be a driver or a setting somewhere. I will fiddle a bit more.

[purehate]

First of all there is more to add to the xorg.config than just that one section.

Second the navidia driver has to be installed separate.

And third to change the number of desktops in compiz you dont do any thing in kde. You open the compiz settings manager and click general options.Then click the desktop size tab. Then set the horizontal setting to 4 for the cube. LEAVE the number of desk top options 1.

[barbsie]

for ATI: as I said on the wiki: newer ATI cards are not supported. I just follow compiz.org recommendations. ATI performance on linux is not great in general.

for Nvidia: I know there still is a window decoration issue. I managed to get it to work after fiddling around a bit, but forgot how (blet). I'll try to fix it asap.

cfr hxxp://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php/HCL:Compiz

[anathema]

On Nvidia I also booted and got the issue with the shell consoles.

I logged out (just to the root toor place)

input root
input toor
input xconfig
input startx

now all consoles render correctly.

[damoon]

Also had issues with title bars with a Nvidia GC.

This page solved my problem (i should have RTFM !) :

'compiz.org/NVidia'

I can also post my xorg.conf is someone is interested.

[ShadowKill]

Would you please, couldn't hurt....

[damoon]

Here are the parts i checked/modified :

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "xtrap"
Load "record"
Load "glx"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "DRI" "true"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
Option "AGPMode" "x"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "on"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "true"

SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection