Hi every one:
So I was very sorry to see that “Animations Add-Ons” where gone from
compiz. One specifically that was important to me was the burn animation when
closing a window.
I want to share how I came around this problem. As suggested by
davidnotcoulthard I downgraded compiz :)
WARNING: I am not an expert so this may break your system :P . So long, I
being testing it and I haven't had a problem so far but you never know xD
First, I follow my own tutorial to downgraded compiz on toutatis to
1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1 in the following post:
https://trisquel.info/es/forum/solved-compiz-rotate-cube-flicker-flashes
We will be doing the same:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:vanvugt/compiz-preproposed
But, since this method was meant to work with toutatis, we will have to do
tow things:
1) Open Synaptic go to Settings>Repositories and choose the “Other
software” tap, select the ppa:vanvugt/compiz-preproposed with a check mark,
and then click on edit. Where it says distribution, change “trusty” and
write “precise” instead.
2) We will add toutatis repositories, since compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1 only
worked with toutatis compizconfig-setting-manager, and compiz-plugin-main
became a dummy package on belenos. To do this Open Synaptic go to
Settings>Repositories and choose the “Other software” tap, click on add
and type the following in the text box:
deb http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ toutatis main
I chose to install compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1 instead of toutatis' to avoid
the “cube flicker” described in the post mentioned above, but I guest it
could also had been a possibility. Also, the reason we are not choosing to
add toutatis-updates is because its version of compiz-plugin-main breaks
compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.
Unfortunately, the version of compiz we are trying to use doesn't work with
the current trisquel's metalcity windows manager and we can not install the
compiz-gnome package for that reason. That's why we will be using emerald xD
To install emerald we will run the following commands:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install emerald
Now we have all we need :D . To downgraded compiz run the following command:
sudo apt-get install compiz=1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1vvpreproposed2
compiz-core=1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1vvpreproposed2
compiz-kde=1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1vvpreproposed2
compiz-plugins=1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1vvpreproposed2
compiz-plugins=1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1vvpreproposed2
compiz-plugins-default=1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1vvpreproposed2
libdecoration0=1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1vvpreproposed2
libcompizconfig0=0.9.7.0~bzr428-0ubuntu6 libboost-serialization1.46.1
compizconfig-settings-manager=0.9.5.92-0ubuntu3
python-compizconfig=0.9.5.94-0ubuntu4
compiz-plugins-main=1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10
compiz-plugins-main-default=1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10
compiz-plugins-extra=0.9.7.0~bzr9-0ubuntu6
This will remove two packages: Trisquel, which is a dummy package, and
gnome-control-center, which is the reason the trisquel package is removed. I
guess this happens because toutatis' compizconfig-settings-manager is not
compatible any more. But that's fine, as far as I know, gnome-control-center
is just an easy way to find all settings in one place, but you can still find
them in the accessories main menu, they are just hidden. To show them just
right click in the menu and choose edit menu and you'll see they are all
there :)
Now, here is where things get scary. Open up compizconfig-settings-manager
either by running “ccsm” in terminal or by displaying it on the menu by
doing what I just described.
You'll see that neither the names or the icons from ccsm are not displayed :S
(I guess this happens when you try to be a god xD Lol) don't worry though,
the entries are still there, all you have to do to find them is to place the
cursor over the blank spaces and you'll see a hint telling you what they are.
Another way is to filter them by typing something in the search box.
And there you have it, the extra animations are available for window closing
and such :)
Finally you can run compiz –replace, just remember that it may not play
well with compton which enable by default in trisquels session. To go over
this, see the following post:
https://trisquel.info/es/forum/desktop-freezes-when-trying-use-compiz-trisquel-7
You can delete all the repositories that we added:
ppa:noobslab/themes
deb http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ toutatis main
ppa:vanvugt/compiz-preproposed
And by filtering local packages in synaptic (origin>Local) you should Lock
compiz version so that is not update it by trisquel's updater. Just select
the packages on synapic and go Package>force version...
The packages that I think should be locked are the following compiz,
compiz-core, compiz-plugins, compiz-plugins, compiz-plugins-default,
libdecoration0, libcompizconfig0, compizconfig-settings-manager,
python-compizconfig, compiz-plugins-main, compiz-plugins-main-default,
compiz-plugins-extra
So far I have tested the burning effect, wobby windows, the cube and the 3d
Window effect. Actually the 3d Window effect was not working correctly on the
current trisquel version. I always thought it was weird how old version
worked better than the new ones :(
Is being a long way xD, I want to thank Sachin, davidnotcoulthard, and every
one that help me out. Thank you community, we did it xD
