can't find the "Desktop effect" in system-->Preferences any more

[lancedance]

hey guys, I can't find the "Desktop effect" in system-->Preferences any more, And when I run 'desktop-effect' in a terminal
[root@localhost ~]# desktop-effect
bash: desktop-effect: command not found

how to fix this, please?
thanks

[Dies]

Because you removed it when you installed XGL.

Have you tried running compiz yet ??

[lancedance]

yes,I have xgl+compiz installed yet. but I don't know what can i do wit the compiz and how to enable the 3D effect?

[Dies]

Then why would you bother removing what works for something you don't understand ?

Anyways, search for compiz to find out what options are available and how to use it.

Good luck.

[Seve]

Originally Posted by Dies

Then why would you bother removing what works for something you don't understand ?

Hello:
Crap .... that's how I got into Linux

lancedance
Are you running FC6 ?

Seve

[lancedance]

yes I am, seve

[Seve]

Hello:
Open a terminal and log in as root using
su -
yourpassword
and type
yum install compiz* <------- with the asterik

You may have to reboot to see the menu item ..... sorry I cannot recall.

Seve

[lancedance]

hello but
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum -y install compiz*
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
livna-testing-debug 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
livna-testing-source 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: compiz*
Nothing to do

[Seve]

Hello:
compiz is located in the fedora core repo

You appear to have your repositories borked ?

First you need to disable
livna-testing-debug
livna-testing-source
they are located in /etc/yum.repos.d/
set
enabled=1
to
enabled=2

There is absolutely no reason to have these enabled unless you are running rawhide or like living on the edge

In the same directory /etc/yum.repos.d
you should have the following 4 .repos

PHP Code:

fedora-core.repo
fedora-extras.repo
fedora-updates.repo
livna.repo 


If you do not, you have a problem.

Seve

[lancedance]

haha! i have all the fedora.repo enable=0...
I know what to do now. thanks man!! I love u
c u later

[Seve]

Originally Posted by lancedance

haha! i have all the fedora.repo enable=0...
I know what to do now. thanks man!! I love u
c u later

Hello:
Whoa ...... Slow down a step or two.

Each of those .repo packages has several sub-sections .... so only enable=1
the first of each .repo

Don not enable debug / source for example.

Seve

[Dies]

Originally Posted by Seve

Hello:
Crap .... that's how I got into Linux
Seve

O.K. so good point, haha you got me there.

But, I still see no sense in removing AIGLX and replacing it with XGL.

[Seve]

Originally Posted by Dies

O.K. so good point, haha you got me there.

But, I still see no sense in removing AIGLX and replacing it with XGL.

Hello Dies:
I meant no harm ....
It was just such a great opening line ........
And yes you have a very good point.

Seve

[Dies]

Originally Posted by Seve

Hello Dies:
I meant no harm ....
It was just such a great opening line ........
Seve

I know, none done.

Yes it was.

[lancedance]

[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum -y install compiz*
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
development-source 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
development 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:02
core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
extras-source 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
updates-testing-debuginfo 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
extras-debuginfo 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00
legacy-testing 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: development-debuginfo
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# ls
fedora-core.repo fedora-extras.repo fedora-updates.repo~ livna-devel.repo livna.repo~
fedora-development.repo fedora-legacy.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo livna-devel.repo~ livna-testing.repo
fedora-extras-development.repo fedora-updates.repo fedora-xgl.repo livna.repo livna-testing.repo~
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# vi fedora-core.repo
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# vi fedora-development.repo
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# vi fedora-extras-development.repo
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# vi fedora-extras.repo
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# vi fedora-legacy.repo
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# vi fedora-updates.repo
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# vi fedora-updates.repo~
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# vi fedora-updates-testing.repo
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum -y install compiz*
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
updates-testing 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 157 B 00:00
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.3 MB 00:09
extras-dev: ################################################## 4093/4093
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 810 kB 00:11
developmen: ################################################## 2282/2282
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 421 kB 00:04
updates : ################################################## 1109/1109
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 35 kB 00:01
updates-te: ################################################## 96/96
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for compiz-devel to pack into transaction set.
compiz-devel-0.3.6-1.fc7. 100% |=========================| 10 kB 00:00
---> Package compiz-devel.i386 0:0.3.6-1.fc7 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: libdecoration.so.0 for package: compiz-devel
--> Processing Dependency: compiz = 0.3.6-1.fc7 for package: compiz-devel
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: libdecoration.so.0 is needed by package compiz-devel
Error: Missing Dependency: compiz = 0.3.6-1.fc7 is needed by package compiz-devel
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum -y install libdecoration.so.0
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Nothing to do

any ideas???