There would be no way to get this working without fairly extensive code changes 
because the existing LXPanel does not handle certain root window properties 
that define the viewports.  I have it working here.  I am now testing it with 
Openbox to make sure the non-viewport environment still works.

On 04/14/2010 03:16 PM, Andrew Lee wrote:
> Hi Marty,
> 
> I played a bit with compiz on my old aspireone since yesterday. Compare
> to xcompmgr, it was faster by my eye! :)
> 
> And I understood what do you mentioned in this mail. The workspace
> switcher and application bar don't work correctly as it thoughts it's
> only on one desktop.
> 
> @Klaus, did you do any magic to make workspace switcher works in Knoppix?
> 
> Kindly regards,
> 
> -Andrew
> 
> Marty Jack wrote:
>> The issues I have found are these.
>>
>> Compiz does not honor the strut when it places windows, so if you have a top 
>> panel, it is frequently the case that the panel covers the title bar of a 
>> window that is newly opened.  There is nothing we can do for this beyond 
>> hoping Compiz fixes it because the window manager controls window placement.
>>
>> Compiz Wall and Cube use viewports rather than desktops to represent the 
>> multiple screen pages.  The panel as it exists is insensitive to viewports 
>> and thus the pager and the other controls on the taskbar right click menu to 
>> move windows between screen pages don't function properly.
>>
>> In lxsession-logout, it uses a fullscreen window to gray out the screen and 
>> a separate dialog window to put up the controls, both of which it attempts 
>> to place above all others.  This works well in Openbox.  In Compiz, I find 
>> that sometimes the fullscreen window draws after the dialog and covers it so 
>> you are stuck.  I have solved this by using one fullscreen window that 
>> contains everything.
>>
>> There are a couple minor issues with what Compiz reports in _NET_SUPPORTED.  
>> At some point I will send some patches upstream for these.
>>
>> On 02/20/2010 05:16 AM, Andrew Lee wrote:
>>> Hi Marty and Klaus,
>>>
>>> Marty Jack wrote:
>>>> I am also doing some work on lxsession-logout to make it work better with 
>>>> Compiz and to support more recent mechanisms for doing what it does.  More 
>>>> information shortly after I do a little more research.
>>>>   
>>> I have impressed on how smoothly LXDE may works with compiz as Klaus'
>>> Knoppix on EeePC 701.
>>> I wonder does any way to make compiz reads customize profile similar to
>>> we have for openbox-lxde?
>>>
>>> A customize profile which keeps the same hotheys as openbox-lxde has
>>> would be really nice for our users.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> -Andrew
>>>
> 
> 

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