compiz-0.8.5 repo for F10, F11 & F12 + guide for the official fedora packages

[leigh123linux]

Many thanks to drhilbert , LordMorgul and neogranas for donating the web space and bandwidth for the compiz-fusion repo

Compiz fusion mirrors

http://www.dfm.uninsubria.it/compiz/fusion/

http://www.lordmorgul.net/pub/compiz/fusion/

http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/...compiz-fusion/

Attention

04/05/10 F9 repo DELETED

23/10/09 F10 repo is now legacy / EOL so there will be no further updates

23/10/09 F9 repo is now legacy / EOL so there will be no further updates

23/10/09 F11 repo updated to 0.8.5

30/04/09 F9 repo updated to 0.8.3

24/04/09 F11 repo added

14/03/09 F8 repo DELETED

26/11/08 F8 repo is now legacy / EOL so there will be no further updates

20/11/08 F9 & F10 repo added simple-ccsm package

10/11/08 F9 & F10 repo added compiz-plugin-peek package

03/11/08 F9 & F10 repo added compiz-plugin-screensaver

20/10/08 F9 & F10 repo updated with protobuf enabled compiz packages see post #1447

10/09/08 GPG sign all the compiz-fusion packages .

04/08/08 added gnomeartng to the repository (gnomeartng is the successor of Gnome-Art )



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I have also included screenlets to the repo as well as all the SRPMS

Compiz requires direct rendering to work

so please don't bother posting saying compiz doesn't work unless you have direct rendering working .

To test

glxinfo |grep direct

The result should be

[root@localhost leigh]# glxinfo |grep direct
direct rendering: Yes
[root@localhost leigh]#

Instructions for F11, F12 & F13

1. Install the compiz-fusion-release rpm

su
yum -y erase *compiz*
rpm -ivh http://leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org/compiz-fusion-release-1-8.noarch.rpm

If this fails try

su
yum -y erase *compiz*
yum -y install wget
wget http://leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org/compiz-fusion-release-1-8.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh compiz-fusion-release-1-8.noarch.rpm
rm -f compiz-fusion-release-1-8.noarch.rpm

2. Install compiz-fusion ( you will need to delete the old compiz configuration files /home/username/.gconf/apps/compiz ) (For F12 use the yum commands in post #2 as I have changed the packaging scheme to match fedora)


For a Gnome compiz install

su
yum -y --noplugins install compiz-gnome fusion-icon-gtk compiz-bcop ccsm emerald-themes compizconfig-backend-gconf compiz-plugins-unsupported compiz-plugins-extra

For a KDE compiz install

su
yum -y --noplugins install compiz-kde fusion-icon-qt compiz-bcop ccsm emerald-themes compizconfig-backend-kconfig compiz-plugins-unsupported compiz-plugins-extra

For both KDE & gnome

su
yum -y --noplugins install compiz-kde compiz-gnome fusion-icon-all compiz-bcop ccsm emerald-themes compizconfig-backend-gconf compizconfig-backend-kconfig compiz-plugins-unsupported compiz-plugins-extra

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xorg.conf options for the intel, nv, radeon & radeonhd drivers ( should help graphics lag and CPU load )

add to the device section

         Option          "AccelMethod" "EXA"  
         Option          "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"

compiz-check utility

wget http://blogage.de/files/9124/download -O compiz-check
chmod +x compiz-check
./compiz-check

http://forlong.blogage.de/article/pages/Compiz-Check

[leigh123linux]

To install compiz-fusion



1. Install compiz-fusion


for both kde & gnome

su
yum install ccsm emerald-themes compizconfig-backend-kconfig compizconfig-backend-gconf fusion-icon* emerald compiz-fusion-unsupported-gnome compiz-fusion-gnome libcompizconfig compiz-gnome compiz-bcop compiz compizconfig-python  compiz-fusion-extras-gnome compiz-kde compiz-manager

for gnome only ( no kde deps are installed )

su
yum install ccsm emerald-themes compizconfig-backend-gconf fusion-icon-gtk emerald compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-gnome compiz-fusion-unsupported-gnome libcompizconfig compiz-gnome compiz-bcop compiz compizconfig-python compiz-fusion-extras compiz-fusion-extras-gnome

for kde only

su
yum install ccsm emerald-themes compizconfig-backend-kconfig fusion-icon-qt  emerald compiz-fusion  compiz-fusion-unsupported libcompizconfig compiz-bcop compiz compizconfig-python compiz-fusion-extras  compiz-kde compiz-manager

2. To start compiz-fusion use fusion-icon , you will find fusion-icon in the menu under Applications/system tools/fusion-icon. ( gnome only )







compiz-check utility

wget http://blogage.de/files/9124/download -O compiz-check
chmod +x compiz-check
./compiz-check

http://forlong.blogage.de/article/pages/Compiz-Check

[leadgolem]

Running great now.

Beautiful, just beautiful. And, so far, stable.

[JN4OldSchool]

Thanks Leigh, it worked out bodaciously. I am almost all together!

[civilwarlord]

What's the best way to install?

[JN4OldSchool]

What's the best way to install?

Make sure you remove ALL compiz packages installed. I missed libcompiz* and had to find it. Then DL the correct package from Leigh above, extract and CD to that file and "rpm -i *" will install everything. I then successfully dumped my old config files back in so my setup remains unchanged.

[sweetrain]

I have no window decorators after installation as per the instruction. Any help?

[leigh123linux]

I have no window decorators after installation as per the instruction. Any help?

Try

emerald --replace



or select emerald as the window decorator from the drop down fusion-icon menu

[civilwarlord]

After uninstalling Fedora's packages, deleted the config files, and installed the 64-bit packages, I got hard lockups on my keyboard & touchpad within minutes of logging in. I uninstalled the packages and everything's fine now. When I have more time, I'll try to figure the problem out.

[leigh123linux]

The only issue I have had with this build is the fish in the Atlantis plugin dont stay confined to the cube

Has anyone else had any similar problems with the packages

[synic]

Love your work Leigh ... really love your work.

[synic]

Just tried to update kmod-nvidia and noticed that there is a new kernel coming out but isnt in the repo's yet.

I'm assuming that we will have to reinstall when we update to the latest kmod ? I think that question was answered in another thread but couldnt find it.

[StephenH]

Thanks Leigh. I have been beating my head against a wall all day today trying to get compiz to work from the stock install. I could turn on desktop effects, but would immediately lose the window controls as others have mentioned in other threads.

I finally gave up and wiped the stock compiz (and all the parts I installed trying to get it to work) off the machine, downloaded your files and installed them. It went as smooth as butter, and I now am happy with the desktop effects.

Stephen

Edit after a reboot:

Woe is me, for my desktop effects are undone! I rebooted the system, and encountered a random effect in that I could not launch anything from the task bar. I found that I could launch the Compiz Fusion Icon, and than use that to switch back to Metacity, which restored the desktop behavior to normal. I am quite frustrated with Compiz at this point.

Stephen

[sweetrain]

Still can not get windows decorations and others. Here is what I have.

[root@localhost ~]# fusion-icon
 * Detected Session: gnome
 * Searching for installed applications...
 * No GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap with direct rendering context
 ... nor with indirect rendering, this isn't going to work!
 * Using the GTK Interface
 * Decorator "" is invalid.
 * Setting decorator to Emerald ("emerald --replace")
 * Starting Compiz
 ... executing: compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp
compiz (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0
 * Setting decorator to Emerald ("emerald --replace")
 * Reloading compiz
 ... executing: compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp
compiz (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

[ogre_x]

I have problems running ccp. If I use gconf it works, but ccp gets the eye-candy going (can move the cube, switch windows using alt-tab), but I can't move the windows (i.e. picking them with left mouse and dragging the window around.).'

Nvidia 6600GT (agp) running the livna drivers.

Ideas?