On my machine, Compiz uses ~25% of all 8 cores when I use the computer. When I don’t use it (so it’s idle), Compiz uses around 50%. How do I make compiz not use so much CPU? I’ve struggled with this problem for years and it’s annoying. My computer is a monster, but compiz is … Read more
Hello i am trying to set magic lamp effect for minimizing the windows with compizconfig and it doesnt do it no matter how many times i’ve tried! Am i doing something wrong or just gnome doesnt support it? Answer Gnome does not support such desktop effects. If you are looking for a Linux OS with … Read more
I am running Ubuntu 10.04 I have the following Graphics card info: >lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10) And I need to enable compiz, even with less moves :), How can I? Answer Seems there are no 3D Drivers for Sis 771, … Read more
When I enable Compiz (System > Preferences > Appearance > Visual Effects), all the windows start to act funny with the mouse. Wherever I click on any window with the mouse, it acts as though I was clicking on a titlebar. I can grab and move the window when I left-click it and when I … Read more
I’m using compiz 0.8.8 on ArchLinux. I have two monitors, and each time I use alt-tab to switch to next window, the windows from both monitors shows up. This makes it hard to find a specific window. Is there any way to bind a key to switching to next window in the current monitor? So … Read more
After long enough uptime, some applications will start to freeze when I try to scroll. X pegs the CPU and becomes almost completely unresponsive (both input and display) until the redraw is finished, which can take 10~20s or up to a minute. (It takes much longer if I used the mousewheel, as the app tries … Read more
I am running Ubuntu 10.04 I have the following Graphics card info: >lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10) And I need to enable compiz, even with less moves :), How can I? Answer Seems there are no 3D Drivers for Sis 771, … Read more
When I enable Compiz (System > Preferences > Appearance > Visual Effects), all the windows start to act funny with the mouse. Wherever I click on any window with the mouse, it acts as though I was clicking on a titlebar. I can grab and move the window when I left-click it and when I … Read more
In gconf-editor I can set hotkeys for switching to a specific workspace/viewport when using metacity. I’d like this functionality too for compiz, bit did not find it so far. What I want is: Super-F1 switches to workspace/viewport 1, Super-F2 to workspace/viewport 2 etc. How can I do this? (BTW: I am using ccsm with gconf-backend) … Read more
it seems that Compiz support forum is used for spam, and as I noticed similar questions answered here, I though it’d be best for me to ask here I’m on Ubuntu 11.04 and window manager uses Compiz While on Windows I got used to this feature which I’ll try to explain: Imagine simple drag&drop operation … Read more
