On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 14:06 -0400, Kristian Høgsberg wrote: > Adam Jackson wrote: > > Naoki wrote: > >> As I reported back on the 24th compiz was failing to perform any window > >> management, meaning all windows were on one workspace and had no borders > >> and could not be altered. Matthias Saou correctly noted that this > >> would happen if DRI was not loaded which was exactly my problem. With > >> the latest rawhide though the problem is back but there seems to be no > >> DRI problem in this instance.. > > > > It happens when you're not running gnome-window-decorator, or whatever > > it's called. > > It can also happen if the compiz gconf database got screwed, which can happen > if you upgraded from something earlier than 0.0.13-0.12.20060721git. In that > case, uninstall and then reinstall compiz. > > Other than that, as Adam mentions, compiz relies on an external helper > program, gnome-window-decorator, to draw the window decorations. The > recommended way to start compiz is to go to the System->Preferences->More > Preferences->Desktop Effects and click the big button there. This will start > compiz the right way and set it as your default windows manager. If that > still doesn't work for, please let us know. Howdy, indeed the only way I enable it is through the preferences window. Your trick of remove/re-install has solved the issue for me though thanks! Now I just need to work out how the heck to get the function keys to act as workspace switchers. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
