osric fernandes wrote: > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Now after doing 'sudo compiz-manager' I am able to move the cubes. >> Thanks for the tip. There is one little issue of title bars getting >> knocked off and even after closing compiz, I have to use the File -> >> Exit route instead of the close button on the title bar. Even after all >> this, there is resiidue in the task bar. It goes away only after logging >> out and relogging in. >> > > Try "emerald --replace" or "gtk-window-decorator --replace" as a > normal user (ie with su or sudo) > (The gtk-window-decorator doesn't work that well for me. I get an > extra white band near my panels. emerald works just fine.) > > >> Further update. I ran sudo compiz-manager from the run dialog and as >> long as I am in compiz, everything is fine. I noticed that though each >> of my 4 desktops has different wallpapers, the cube shows 4 faces of the >> same desktop. I like the way windows can be dragged from one face to >> another. >> > > There is a confusion between "Workspaces" & "Viewports". See this bug report: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/153322 > Try setting the number of metacity workspaces to 1 (you can use gconf > and navigate to /apps/metacity/general/num_workspaces). Then in the > Compiz Settings Manager go to General Options >> Desktop Size set > Horizontal Virtual Size to 4, Vertical Virtual Size to 1 and Number of > Desktops to 1. > > I think you are doing all this in Gnome. I have Kde, however I will look for equivalent settings. Thanks for the tips.
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