Compiz changing active plugins when started

[justc001]

For some reason every time I start compiz it changes the active plugins. Is there a way to stop it from doing this?

[adamk]

How are you starting up compiz?

Adam

[justc001]

I start it like:
compiz -c emerald --replace
Is that the right way to start compiz with emerald?
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Edit: Oh, it seems that when I just use "compiz --replace" it still opens emerald yet doesn't screw with the plugins. Thanks.

[adamk]

Depending on the your distribution, and how compiz was packaged, that may not be starting compiz with the compizconfig plugin, so any changes you make via ccsm would not have any affect.

What's the output of 'ps ax | grep compiz'? If you're using ubuntu, what's the output of 'dpkg -l | grep compiz'?

Adam

[justc001]

dpkg -l | grep compiz:

ii compiz 0.5.2+git20070918-0ubuntu5~ppa1 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-core 0.5.2+git20070918-0ubuntu5~ppa1 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.5.2+git20070917-0ubuntu1~ppa1 Collection of extra plugins from OpenComposi
ii compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.5.2+git20070917-0ubuntu3~ppa1 Collection of plugins from OpenCompositing f
ii compiz-gnome 0.5.2+git20070918-0ubuntu5~ppa1 OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOM
rc compiz-gtk 0.3.6-1ubuntu13 OpenGL window and compositing manager - Gtk
ii compiz-plugins 0.5.2+git20070918-0ubuntu5~ppa1 OpenGL window and compositing manager - plug
ii compizconfig-settings-manager 0.5.2+git20070829-0ubuntu1~ppa1 Compiz configuration settings manager
ii libcompizconfig-backend-gconf 0.5.2+git20070918-0ubuntu1~ppa1 Settings library for plugins - OpenCompositi
ii libcompizconfig0 0.5.2+git20070919-0ubuntu2~ppa1 Settings library for plugins - OpenCompositi
ii python-compizconfig 0.5.2+git20070829-0ubuntu1~ppa1 Compiz configuration system bindings

I have noticed that it seems to work right if I start it in Sessions with "compiz --replace" but doesn't work with "compiz -c emerald --replace" or set as the default gnome window manager. In either of those cases it often disables the jpeg and viewport switcher plugins. Well, I'll just keep using "compiz --replace" since that work =P

Edit: Just so you know emerald isn't there because I removed it to see if that would make the problem with setting compiz as the default gnome window manager would go away. Didn't

[adamk]

How are you setting it as the default gnome window manager? Exactly what steps are you taking?

Adam

[justc001]

I was trying to make compiz the default window manager for gnome by making the current and default values in /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager in gconf to /usr/bin/compiz

[adamk]

Try creating a script called /usr/local/bin/compiz that simply says:

compiz --replace ccp &
emerald --replace &

Make that script executable, and then try setting those values to that script, rather than the compiz file you're currently using.

Adam