[ot] Xgl and Compiz WM

[Harold Aling]

Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> Harold Aling wrote:
>
>   
>> I just installed Xgl and Compriz using these instructions: 
>> http://www.sebastian-bergmann.de/blog/archives/574-Xgl-and-Compiz.html
>>
>> It looks and feels pretty darn cool!
>>     
>
> Beside the 3D effects, the translucents windows and menus are all in 
> xfwm4 already (and it's been like that since xfce 4.2, so its nothing 
> new). And if you are running NVidia proprietary drivers, it's very fast.
>
>   
>> Besides that Nvidia's twinview stopped working, I have a problem with 
>> XFWM4...
>>
>> Before enabling Compriz, I had to kill XFWM4. After Compriz is loaded, 
>> XFWM4 will not start: ** (xfwm4:23121): WARNING **: Another Window 
>> Manager is already running
>>
>> Now I don't have decorated windows anymore...
>>     
>
> Only one window manager can run at a time. If you run another window 
> manager, xfwm4 will not start (neither will any other window manager).
>   
How come the gnome-window-decorator is able to start and decorate 
windows then?
>> In the instructions there was a mention of gnome having a separate 
>> binary for the window  decorator (gnome-window-decorator). Can this also 
>> be accomplished with XFWM4?
>>     
>
> You cannot run 2 window managers at the same time. It has nothing to do 
> with xfwm4. I'm sorry, but you have to make a choice.
>
> Cheers,
> Olivier.
>
>   
tnx,

Harold.
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