Compiz desktop in Debian Squeeze
Getting compiz running on squeeze is surprising easy. Debian has included a document to help set it up, but there are a few little things necessary to get it to be usable.
1. Get the packages installed.
apt-get install compiz compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-fusion-plugins-main
2.Follow the instructions here: http://wiki.debian.org/Compiz to customize your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file
3. restart gdm
/etc/init.d/gdm restart
4. open up a terminal and type
compiz --replace
5. If a went well, you should see everything flash around as it redraws your desktop.
6. My window decorations (title bars) dissapeared when I enabled compiz. Additionally, i couldn’t drag windows by clicking on the title bar. To fix this: go to
a. System -> Preferences -> Compizconfig Settings Manager
b. Scroll down to the “Effects” section and enable “Window decoration”
c. Scroll down to “Window Management” and enable “Move Window”
7. If you want to use the desktop cube and/or workspaces, you will need more than the single or dual workspaces provided by default.
a. System -> Preferences -> Compizconfig Settings Manager
b. Click “General options”
c. Select the “Desktop size” tab.
d. Set the “Horizontal Virtual size” to whatever you want. For a cube… 4
8. If you want compiz to start automatically with GNOME:
Add “compiz –replace” to “Desktop -> Preferences -> Sessions -> Startup Programs”
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Jan:
September 1st, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Thanks for the info on enabling window decorations! Was looking for this…
Wintch:
September 26th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Great work man!!! Everything worked just fine! Hope we all enjoy Squeeze now compiz is working, good luck!
Thiago Fazzio (Guariní):
November 4th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Hey, good tutorial!
I had done every steps, but can’t move the windows and did not realize the “Move Window” options.
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matt:
February 20th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
“compiz –replace”
flashes my windows twice, removes windows borders and then immediately restarts the window manager, no luck.