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Disable Compiz at startup

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johndoe
Member

Hello to everyone!

How can I disable compiz at GNOME startup and use metacity as default window manager instead?

Thanks.

PS: very impressive distro! Keep up the good work!

Posted 10 months ago #
joelbryan
Member

Hi Johndoe,

Compiz is enabled by default by the script called 'compiz-manager', which is called by compositor-starter.desktop by default. You can disable this by,

1. Deleting the file /usr/share/gnome/autostart/compositor-starter.desktop

a. Open Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal or press Ctrl-Alt-F1 (Login as root)
b. execute 'rm -rf /usr/share/gnome/autostart/compositor-starter.desktop'
c. restart gdm by '/etc/rc.d/gdm restart'

2. Uninstall the compiz-manager package.

a. Open Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal or press Ctrl-Alt-F1 (Login as root)
b. execute 'pacman -Rssuuvvcc compiz-manager'
c. restart gdm by '/etc/rc.d/gdm restart'

Posted 10 months ago #
bartos
Member

You can also login with session as Gnome Safemode,the go to System/Preferences/Startup Applications. Uncheck Desktop Effects Helper.
I had to do this on my laptop as my install would goto a white screen under regular Gnome login.

Cheers

Posted 10 months ago #

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