Other Compiz missing window decoration

tNJipNJR

tNJipNJR

Hi, does anyone have experience running x11-wm/compiz as a standalone WM? I've been trying to configure it but can't fix the window decoration. The title bars simply don't appear and I can't move windows, but everything apart from that starts up just fine as far as I can tell. I couldn't find any decent documentation, and every thread from the Linux realm suggests just using CCSM, which I installed (x11-wm/libcompizconfig) but I can't even figure out how to launch it, as the pkg installation doesn't add anything to /usr/local/bin/. And I also tried using emerald --replace, which didn't change anything. And just in case, I'm running the WM through startx and my ~/.xinitrc is just
Code: 
exec compiz ccp &
exec lxterminal
Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance
 
tNJipNJR said:
... every thread from the Linux realm suggests just using CCSM, which I installed (x11-wm/libcompizconfig) but I can't even figure out how to launch it
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x11-wm/libcompizconfig doesn't provide the CCSM (Compiz Configuration Settings Manager), it provides a library and a compiz plugin (ccp) for the configuration settings manager, not a graphical user interface.

There was a port of x11-wm/ccsm, but it was deleted from the ports tree, because it needs lang/python27 , which is End of Life upstream (and also deleted from the ports tree).

I have on a old system configuration files left, created by x11-wm/ccsm, which you can use as a draft to set the plugins manually. See the [core] section for "core","decoration", "move", eventually "resize". Make sure to have x11-wm/compiz-plugins-main installed.

Some of the plugins in that section are from x11-wm/compiz-plugins-extra and/or x11-wm/compiz-plugins-unsupported, I don't remember.

~/.config/compiz/compizconfig/Default.ini
Code: 
[core]
as_active_plugins = core;decoration;move;place;resize;snap;staticswitcher;reflex;cube;rotate;3d;atlantis;

[cube]
s0_color = #949494ff

[place]
s0_mode = 2

[expo]
as_expo_key = <Alt>ISO_Level3_Shift

~/.config/compiz/compizconfig/config
Code: 
[general]
profile =
integration = true

tNJipNJR said:
I'm running the WM through startx and my ~/.xinitrc is just
Code: 
exec compiz ccp &
exec lxterminal
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On my sytem, to start compiz and emerald I created a ~/.start-compiz shell script as described in the handbook chapter 5.8. Installing Compiz Fusion. That script was executed from ~/.xinitrc after startx(1).
Code: 
#! /bin/sh
compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp &
emerald --replace &

Xorg composite effects configurations had been set for a nVIDIA card.
 
tNJipNJR said:
Code: 
exec compiz ccp & 
exec lxterminal
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There's no point in running exec compiz ccp in the background. Execution is passed to compiz and the script ends. It will never execute that second exec lxterminal.

Code: 
     exec [command [arg ...]]
             Unless command is omitted, the shell process is replaced with the
             specified program (which must be a real program, not a shell
             built-in command or function).  Any redirections on the exec
             command are marked as permanent, so that they are not undone when
             the exec command finishes.
 
T-Daemon said:
x11-wm/libcompizconfig doesn't provide the CCSM (Compiz Configuration Settings Manager), it provides a library and a compiz plugin (ccp) for the configuration settings manager, not a graphical user interface.

There was a port of x11-wm/ccsm, but it was deleted from the ports tree, because it needs lang/python27 , which is End of Life upstream (and also deleted from the ports tree).

I have on a old system configuration files left, created by x11-wm/ccsm, which you can use as a draft to set the plugins manually. See the [core] section for "core","decoration", "move", eventually "resize". Make sure to have x11-wm/compiz-plugins-main installed.

Some of the plugins in that section are from x11-wm/compiz-plugins-extra and/or x11-wm/compiz-plugins-unsupported, I don't remember.

~/.config/compiz/compizconfig/Default.ini
Code: 
[core]
as_active_plugins = core;decoration;move;place;resize;snap;staticswitcher;reflex;cube;rotate;3d;atlantis;

[cube]
s0_color = #949494ff

[place]
s0_mode = 2

[expo]
as_expo_key = <Alt>ISO_Level3_Shift

~/.config/compiz/compizconfig/config
Code: 
[general]
profile =
integration = true


On my sytem, to start compiz and emerald I created a ~/.start-compiz shell script as described in the handbook chapter 5.8. Installing Compiz Fusion. That script was executed from ~/.xinitrc after startx(1).
Code: 
#! /bin/sh
compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp &
emerald --replace &

Xorg composite effects configurations had been set for a nVIDIA card.
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Just tested this and it worked great! I might still need to play around with xorg.conf settings a little bit to make sure all the eyecandy works properly, since I'm on amdgpu, but other than that the initial setup is now complete. Can't thank you enough!
 
SirDice said:
There's no point in running exec compiz ccp in the background. Execution is passed to compiz and the script ends. It will never execute that second exec lxterminal.

Code: 
     exec [command [arg ...]]
             Unless command is omitted, the shell process is replaced with the
             specified program (which must be a real program, not a shell
             built-in command or function).  Any redirections on the exec
             command are marked as permanent, so that they are not undone when
             the exec command finishes.
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Hmmm, the exec lxterminal seems to work just fine, unless I'm not understanding your explanation completely :( Regardless, I do think it's way cleaner to use a dedicated autostart script rather than throwing everything into ~/.xinitrc and I do plan to take care of that soon. Cheers
 
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