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No, that's not true, I use Emerald and it never happens, but fusion-icon seems unstable, so I never use it. As I wrote in another post, allow me to repeat myself:

Install compiz from the Shame repo and add the following script to .kde/Autostart instead of using fusion-icon:



This way, I never experienced any trouble and if compiz ever crashes, it is automatically restarted.

PS: if it takes more than 6 seconds for your kde to start up until all kicker-apps are in place, use a higher delay (eg. 10s or 15s). The delay makes sure nothing will be messed up which could happen if compiz is started before all kde-programs are loaded.

Have you read this thread? It shows how I solved this problem on my machine, although it was a while ago. Maybe it still applies.

http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15539

Hmm..Yep ok Frisil . I've tried adding Shames repo in Synaptic manager and can't get the settings to stick. Everytime I enter them they just don't show in the selection. Don't know what I'm doing wrong there,,I'm Root etc. Anyway I'm using the standard Compiz that came with 8.0 till I figure out the problem with Synaptic. Tried entering it manually in the correct file by editing it but then Synaptic comes up with an error when I reload it to attempt the operation.. I'm not that concerned apart from the fact that I have no mention of any Emerald in the standard ccsm.This command .."nvidia-xconfig -add-argb-glx-visuals -d 24 -composite -allow-glx-with-composite" also has no effect..Command not found..I'm using the legacy Nvidia driver on an MX460 card so maybe Xconfig isn't added to that particular package.

RichB,,,Nope. Just tried adding what you stated below into Synaptic..No go. No entry.Don't know what I'm doing wrong there..I'm Root, copied it to the correct place, clicked OK, then reload and still nothing shows in the list. Maybe I'm just a bit dense and aren't clicking the correct buttons. I'll try adding it direct to the sources.list file some time later as I'm happy enough with Compiz apart from the odd glitch.Dunno if I can be bothered with the hassle of removing the current version and then reconfiguring Ccsm to the way I like it just for a minor problem.

THis is the correct entry in /etc/apt/sources.list for Shames. I suggest cutting and pasting to avoid errors.

[html]deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/shames/de ... /unstable/ ./[/html]

MHL - check in xorg.conf and see if your screen is set to 16b colour or 24b.

Am pretty sure you need 24b to have the borders displaying correctly.

The relevant bits of Xorg.conf for your perusal. I'm running the Desktop at 1024x768

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "unknown"
ModelName "unknown"
Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 30-82
VertRefresh 55-70

EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "unknown"
ModelName "unknown"
Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 30-82
VertRefresh 55-70
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "ATIMonitor"
VendorName "unknown"
ModelName "unknown"
Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 30-82
VertRefresh 55-70
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
BoardName "unknown"

Screen 0
#Option "UseDisplayDevice" "dfp"
#Option "MonitorLayout" "crt,crt"
#BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
#Option "sw_cursor" # needed for some ati cards
#Option "hw_cursor"
#Option "NoAccel"
#Option "ShowCache"
#Option "ShadowFB"
#Option "UseFBDev"
#Option "Rotate"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"

Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"

# savage special options, use with care
#Option "NoUseBios"
#Option "BusType" "PCI"
Option "DmaMode" "None"

# nvidia special options, use with care
Option "CursorShadow" "1"
Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "63"
Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "2"
Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "4"
Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = native"
Option "NoLogo" "false"
Option "UseEDID" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
#Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "nvidia"
BoardName "unknown"

Screen 1
#Option "MonitorLayout" "crt,crt"
#BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24

SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection

# Only the official NVIDIA driver supports twinview
# these setting are an example
Option "TwinView" "false"
Option "SecondMonitorVendorName" "unknown"
Option "SecondMonitorModelName" "unknown"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-75"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "55-70"
#Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "dfp,dfp"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "ATIScreen"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "ATIMonitor"
DefaultColorDepth 24

SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

[color="Red"]DefaultColorDepth 24[/color]

Nope - that looks OK ....

It's actually rather easy to install the compiz-fusion from Shame's repo, but it requires Aptitude to overcome some dependency conflicts that confound Synaptic. (Hoping that Compiz isn't messed up, and Shame's repo is added)

Run Konsole, and execute:



Compiz-fusion-kde is a metapackage in Shame's repo that will pull in whatever's needed to run compiz-fusion in KDE. Aptitude will tell you there are some dependency problems, accept its first solution to resolve them.

If you have fusion-icon installed, you can use it to switch between the Emerald and KDE type window decorations in compiz.

hi, seem to have lost the op, hope it wasn't something i said?

that xorg looks pretty good? personally i have to use “the-mastaâ€Â

Slight ranting but acceptable :~) As to whats going on with Synaptic I have no idea. I have attempted to add Shames repo maybe 20 times now through the gui interface of it and it simply will not enter..Given up on that. I then go into sources.list and add it there manually however when I then return to Synaptic and open it I get the "malformed whatsisname here" or some such guff so thats also a no go. Until someone can explain whats going on with adding repo's through Synaptic and having it just not accept the entry I'm kinda stumpted. I've followed the instructions I can find on the web about adding entries through Synaptics interface to make sure I've got the method correct and as far as I can see am totally doing it by the book,,it however still won't work. (