compiz problem - No window managment.

[Zuir DJ]

On 8/29/06, Kristian Høgsberg <krh at redhat.com> 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.

+1

I have to do # compiz --replace gconf every time my system starts to
have windows borders.

Zuirdj