[NTLUG:Discuss] Window manager/decorator help

[Gilbert Morrow]

Try "gnome-xgl-settings" and see if XGL is still running if so use this to
kill XGL until you figure out what is going on , you need to be root for
this command .
You may have to go to run level 3 then startx as root to do or I have had to
use Icewin to run this command (gnome-xgl-settings) because KDE would not
let me .
Log out of session there you will see log in and lower left can change
sessions select Icewin , then run Shell from there , "gnome-xgl-settings".

On 12/12/06, David Simmons <dave at dgnal.net> wrote:
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>
>
> Guys,
>
> Really need some help - bottom-line question - "How
> can I get my window decorations back in SuSE 10.2? (which are the move,
> resize, close - options at the top of open windows)
>
> System:
> nVidia 7600GT with the following installed
>
> nvidia-gfx-kmp-default-1.0.9631_2.6.18.2_34-0.1
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> x11-video-nvidia-1.0.9631-0.1
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> AMD Dual Core cpu
>
> History:
>
> System running SuSE 10.1
> with Compiz/XGL - worked great. Experienced a kernel upgrade - which
> meant that I had to compile a new nvidia driver to regain X (as per the
> nvidia site). X came back...but without the cool features of Compiz
> - so started changing settings (drawing from the original instructions on
> how to add Xgl/Compiz to a SuSE system) - things really got messed up.
>
> Knowing that 10.2 just came out - downloaded the ISO and did an
> 'Upgrade' from 10.1 to 10.2 - that seemed to work (meaning X started) -
> but no Compiz as that's not part of the base system, yet. Saw that I
> could add Repositories for the newer Beryl system - great! Installed
> the rpm version of the nvidia driver - and Compiz & Beryl - setting
> the system to start Beryl (instructions from their website). Beryl
> worked - was customizing the sessions to see the whole 'floating 3d
> windows' - when the whole screen went WHITE. I knew that X/Beryl
> were still running, as I could 'rotate the cube' and could see the cube -
> except it was all white (found some sites that described this
> problem). Did some more fiddling - finally uninstalling Beryl - that
> got me back to X - but no Window Decorations - and all windows open at the
> (0,0) location - since they can't be moved, it's really a pain.
>
> Given that there's so many ways to configure/start X (through .xinit -
> through sessions - through startup scripts - through KDM/GDM -
> gnome-session-properties - etc, etc) - where do I even start?
>
> Given that afterwards I did a full install (keeping my /home intact) -
> I'm getting the same results (no window decorations) - SO, I'm guess it's
> gotta be a configuration setting somethere in /home
>
> I'm at the
> point of getting a new hard-drive and 'starting clean' but that 'wreaks'
> of a window 'fix it' method...grin
>
> Thanks in advance - dave
>
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