Compiz Animation F8

[alexzal]

Hi All,

I have running my F8 for some time.
However, I'm still unable to use the Compiz Animations ( you know: fold, explode, zoom, etc.)

I have a Thinkpad T60 with ATI Mobility Radeon X1400. The first time I installed F8, I couldn't use "Desktop Effects". Later, I found out my video driver was wrong so I installed a new one from Livna repository: yum install kmod-fglrx

And also installed the following packages:

* emerald-themes
* compiz-fusion-extras
* emerald
* compiz-fusion
* compiz-manager
* compiz-fusion-extras-gnome
* gnome-compiz-manager
* libcompizconfig
* compiz-fusion-gnome
* ccsm

Great! "Desktop Effects" actually work!
I have wobbly windows, they fade when minimized. I can see the cube...
However, someday I wanted to have "fold" effect to minimize windows. So, I went to System --> Preferences --> Look And Feel --> "CompizConfig Settings Manager" --> Effects --> Animations,

There I chose the "fold" effect to minimize windows, but, nothing happened!
In fact, Nothing I change using the "CompizConfig Settings Manager" works!
I can disable Wobbly and fade windows, and also the cube behavior, using GL Desktop.

But I want the "fold" effect to minimize my windows... And being unable to enable it, is killing me!
So, do you guys have any idea of what I'm missing?

Thanks,

[A.Serbinski]

I've found problems with that interface... problems so severe that I need to run this command afterwards: "rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/compiz", otherwise it becomes impossible to open any program -- screens blink and window never appears.

As appealing as the compiz management interfaces are, they all suck. Use gconf-editor and navigate to apps/compiz. You can enable and disable specific plugins in apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins. Specific plugins can be modified in /apps/compiz/plugins/pluginname/screen0/options. Sometimes you get a plugin that doesn't work with your hardware and or doesn't work with your hardware the way the plugin is currently configured. I find this with the BLUR plugin -- the default filter 4xBilinear doesn't work, so I have to switch it to Gaussian. This is with nvidia hardware, mind you. Different settings may be appropriate for your hardware.