Ubuntu – How to make Compiz work with MATE 1.6

compizmate

I'm using MATE 1.6 from the official MATE APT repo.

I've tried enabling Compiz using the following steps, based on this guide and adapted for MATE 1.6:

  1. Open dconf editor
  2. Go to org.mate.desktop.session.required-components
  3. Change windowmanager from marco to compiz
  4. Relogin

However, when I relogin, I have no window frames and no Compiz plugins. I've tried compiz --replace in a terminal, which gives no errors, only logs of it loading plugins.

Best Answer

Just tried this and worked for me:

  1. Use Synaptic or Apt in terminal (sudo apt-get install) to install the following packages: compiz, libdecoration0-dev, compizconfig-settings-manager, compiz-plugins Do not bother to install install the fusion-icon package, Compiz Fusion Icon doesn’t work anymore in Mate 1.6

  2. To set-up compiz to start automatically at login go to Start-up Applications (from Control Centre and add a new entire (click add) and write "Compiz" to name and enter "compiz --replace" in the command field (without the quotes). For manually start use command "compiz --replace" in terminal.

  3. Replace "marco" with "compiz" windowmanager to lower the CPU usage. Do this with dconf Editor (install it first). Navigate to org > mate > desktop > session > required-components > windowmanager, click on “marco” and modify it. You can use also next command in terminal: sudo gsettings set org.mate.desktop.session.required-components windowmanager compiz

  4. Open CompizConfig Settings Manager and be sure you ticked “Window Decoration”, “Move Window”and any other functions you may find useful.

  5. Go to General section, check "Gnome Compatibility", open it and go to Commands tab and replace (in all 3 command lines) the word "gnome" with 'mate". Go back and test this: press Prt Sc key. Now you can take a dessktop screenshot.

Activating composition you may experience some freezing or resets of the X system due to the video card. Tray to change your video driver. Works for me.

Source: http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1298