Compiz works, but doesn't load at startup

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bigtoque

I installed Compiz quite a while ago and while it works just fine, I've never been able to get it to start up correctly.

I currently use a startup script:

[CMD=""]compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp & emerald --replace &[/CMD]

What I want to do though is load at startup without first loading metacity and then replacing it with compiz.

Under the Gconf configuration editor, I changed the "windowmanager" value from "metacity" to "compiz-manager" under desktop -> gnome -> session -> required_components.

What else are you supposed to do?
 
What a completely useless post. Compositing window managers such as compiz have a number of useful features, such as desktop zoom, true transparency, window previews, and dimming of inactive windows.

As for the OPs question, I'd be interested in seeing their ~/.xsession-errors file (assuming they use a display manager) if they are still having the problem.

Adam
 
Well, I never did end up getting the issue resolved.

One thing I noticed a day or so ago from the FreeBSD Gnome FAQ
What window managers work well with GNOME 2.32?

The gnome2 meta-port installs the Metacity window manager by default. Another popular window manager that works well with GNOME 2.32 is Sawfish. Sawfish can be found in x11-wm/sawfish.

To switch between Metacity and Sawfish in GNOME, you will need to do the following:

# killall metacity; sawfish &
# gnome-session-save --gui

The gnome-session-save is important. Without it, the window manager will revert back to the one previously configured upon next login. To switch back, simply reverse sawfish and metacity.
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I gave up and moved on, so I have no idea if that might get it to work.

I'm using XFCE 4.8 right now and I'm really liking it!
 
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