On Saturday 21 April 2007 16:28, Chris & Steve wrote: > Thanks Dave, > I'm tryihg to go with the second option that you but I'm really new to > this .....in the address that you sent me for the installation > sources...what goes where? > What part goes in "Server Name" and "Directory on Server"? > > Thanks again for all you input. > Chris > > David Miller wrote: > > On Friday 20 April 2007 23:58:42 Chris C wrote: > >> Hello everybody, > >> After an update on 10.2 I rebooted the computer and noticed a couple of > >> changes related to XGL setting in the KDE desktop. > >> I now have 6 desktops displayed on the taskbar....instead of 4...and The > >> window seperate feature works now when the mouse is in the bottom left > >> corner of the screen instead of the upper right like it was before. > >> > >> Does anybody know where the configuration file is to adjust this....or > >> where the xgl control panel is....unlike Gnome, KDE has no obvious way > >> of controling xgl features > >> > >> Thanks > >> Chris > > > > Install gconf-editor, and all the compiz configuration options will be > > available to you. > > > > I cant remember the exact steps but to solve your 6 desktop problem, try > > setting kde's number of desktops to 1, and in gconf-editor set compiz to > > have four horizontal screens, and one vertical screen. Also the corner > > when the "window seperation" feature is activated is under the scale > > plugin, and you can set it to use any screen corner / key combo etc. > > > > If you find gconf-editor a little too hard to use (I will admit that its > > hardly intuitive) you can install a gui for this: > > > > The gui provided in opensuse 10.2 depends on a lot of gnome applications > > such as the gnome-control-centre nautilus and quite a few others. This is > > ridiculous if you want to use KDE -- you won't wan't / need all those > > gnome apps. > > > > A slightly better solution is if you add > > > > http://software.opensuse.org/download/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_10.2/ > > > > to your installation sources, then another gui > > called "gnome-compiz-preferences" will become available. This wont depend > > on as many gnome apps and will offer you many of the configuration > > options gnome users get with openSUSE 1.02 > > > > Hope that helps you Chris! :) > > > > -------------------------------- > > -------------------------------- > > > >> On 4/21/07, Chris C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Try opensus-xgl-settings from here: > >> > >> http://software.opensuse.org/download/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_10.2/noarch/ > >> > >> You can make some basic setting changes to compiz as well as beryl. > > > > opensuse-xgl-settings provides very little in the way of config options. > > switching plugins on and off is about as far as it goes unfortunately. > > > > -------------------------------- > > -------------------------------- > > > >> On 4/21/07, Ben Kevan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> The Internet is great, you should try using it > > > > That's not a helpful response... > > > >> http://en.opensuse.org/Using_Xgl_on_SUSE_Linux > >> > >> With that said, here you go: > >> > >> gnome-xgl-switch --enable-xgl > >> > >> That is what the Gnome button does.. > > > > The original poster already has xgl/compiz enabled - he wants > > configuration tools...
Typically Repo's are segmented as such: http://software.opensuse.org/download/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_10.2/ server: software.opensuse.org directory: download/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_10.2/ Type will be be http for this reference.. Enjoy.. -- Ben Kevan SLED 10 - Kmail 1.9.1 "How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight" - Fight Club -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
