KDE Autostart

[BSOST]

Having some trouble getting Compiz-Fusion to autostart under KDE.

I was using Beryl and openSuSE 10.2, and i had Beryl starting from the .xinitrc script in the users home directory, and all worked fine.

Now i'm uusing openSuSE 10.3, and Compiz-Fusion, the logins hang when starting Compiz from teh .xinitrc script, openSuSE recommend putting a startup srcipt for compiz in the bin directory, however i don't use XGL, so teh bin directory is useless.

atm i've got it starting from the KDE autostart folder, but i don't like it, the screen briefly goes black while it's loading compiz,and it slows down the login, which i don't mind if it's doing it behind the splash screen like beryl did.

Is there a better way of autostarting Compiz?

[terryxela]

There are many ways to autostart. I just copy this script to konqueor/Go/autostart. You can remove emerald and add kde if you want it.
At the present I have the compiz-fusion icon in the pannel and after the desktop is loaded I just click on it, instead of autostart.


#! /bin/sh
sleep 10
compiz --replace ccp &
emerald --replace ccp &

-=terry(Denver)=-

[bouncingmolar]

I also get a full screen Black splash screen after it boots the desktop in Kubuntu.

I don't think i'd like to click an icon to make it load. How do we make Compiz start before the desktop loads?

[xinix]

I start Beryl and Compiz as a KDM session. This is how I have things setup and your system may vary but this should help.

In "/usr/share/xsessions" I have a file called "beryl.desktop". The contents of this file are:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Beryl
Exec=/usr/bin/beryl-kde
Icon=
Type=Application


Then in "/usr/bin" I have a script (don't forget to set as executable) called "beryl-kde" with these lines:

#!/bin/bash
nvidia-settings -load-config-only &
beryl --indirect-rendering --strict-binding --screen 0 --replace settings &
emerald --replace &
exec startkde

I have another set of similar files for Compiz. To use I simply choose the appropriate session in KDM and my desktop starts right into Beryl or Compiz instead of loading KDE and then loading the good stuff.

[giancarlo]

my compiz starts fine but the title bar with the close, max, min buttons are gone, i have to type emerald --replace everytime to use the windecor. How can i start the emerald decor automaticaly? sorry for newbie question :D

[ishkarioth]

Write

emerald --replace &

in CCSM->Windows Decoration->Command