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Hi all,
Well, after not being able to install Linux Mint 11 on my X1000, I have decided to install Debian DVD iso Wheezy testing, the installation was done successfully. Previously I installed Debian Squeeze, also with success, and wanted to test the effects of Compiz in Squeeze, but I could not make them work. now, I could install Debian Wheezy and run Compiz, you can see it work in this video that I uploaded to Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZxJ9If5 ... e=youtu.be

It's just a test, I have yet to investigate the effects confuguracion. Greetings to all.

P.D. - I apologize for the misspelling which can be seen in the video, when I write the word Weezy, Wheezy to be.

regards.

Fernecho wrote:Hi all,
Well, after not being able to install Linux Mint 11 on my X1000, I have decided to install Debian DVD iso Wheezy testing, the installation was done successfully. Previously I installed Debian Squeeze, also with success, and wanted to test the effects of Compiz in Squeeze, but I could not make them work. now, I could install Debian Wheezy and run Compiz, you can see it work in this video that I uploaded to Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZxJ9If5 ... e=youtu.be

It's just a test, I have yet to investigate the effects confuguracion. Greetings to all.

P.D. - I apologize for the misspelling which can be seen in the video, when I write the word Weezy, Wheezy to be.

regards.

Good news.
I can confirm Compiz working under Linux Mint 11 as well.

Good to hear. Well done.

Although, I'm not really a fan of compiz it would be good to add the installation method to the official user guide for others to try out.

I would be grateful if you could provide some simple instructions which I can add to the guide.

Thanks

Trevor

thawk wrote:

Fernecho wrote:Hi all,
Well, after not being able to install Linux Mint 11 on my X1000, I have decided to install Debian DVD iso Wheezy testing, the installation was done successfully. Previously I installed Debian Squeeze, also with success, and wanted to test the effects of Compiz in Squeeze, but I could not make them work. now, I could install Debian Wheezy and run Compiz, you can see it work in this video that I uploaded to Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZxJ9If5 ... e=youtu.be

It's just a test, I have yet to investigate the effects confuguracion. Greetings to all.

P.D. - I apologize for the misspelling which can be seen in the video, when I write the word Weezy, Wheezy to be.

regards.

Good news.
I can confirm Compiz working under Linux Mint 11 as well.

How? I can`t get it work

trevordick wrote:Good to hear. Well done.

Although, I'm not really a fan of compiz it would be good to add the installation method to the official user guide for others to try out.

I would be grateful if you could provide some simple instructions which I can add to the guide.

Thanks

Trevor

I will be back to my X1k by tomorrow and will write up a little installation guide for Linux Mint using LXDE and XFCE window managers.

thawk wrote:I will be back to my X1k by tomorrow and will write up a little installation guide for Linux Mint using LXDE and XFCE window managers.

Thanks.

Trevor

Fernecho wrote: you can see it work in this video that I uploaded to Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZxJ9If5 ... e=youtu.be


regards.

Very nice video. it looks really exciting

Simple compositing in LXDE:

1) Install Linux Mint PPC as described in the X1k-Linux manual

2) Install the compositing manager (as SU)
> apt-get install xcompmgr

3) Configure your xsession to use xcompmgr instead of openbox (as SU)
> gedit /etc/xdg/lxsession/Mint-LXDE/autostart
Add the following line:
@xcompmgr -n

4) Restart gdm (as SU)
> /etc/init.d/gdm stop
> /etc/init.d/gdm start
Login again.

5) You should now have transparency effects etc. on your desktop when using tools like screenlets.

Regarding compiz in wheezy

Compiz has been removed recently from the debian wheezy repositories, maybe due to bugs (its marked unstable now).
See the status here http://packages.qa.debian.org/c/compiz.html .
Atm there is no simple procedure to install compiz in wheezy (I do not advice to install experimental or old versions).
As soon as they release a new version in debian testing I will revisit this topic again.

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I uploaded a video (http://youtu.be/jZZwWjrVct4) from my Mint PPC system from some weeks ago.

thawk wrote:Simple compositing in LXDE:

1) Install Linux Mint PPC as described in the X1k-Linux manual

2) Install the compositing manager (as SU)
> apt-get install xcompmgr

3) Configure your xsession to use xcompmgr instead of openbox (as SU)
> gedit /etc/xdg/lxsession/Mint-LXDE/autostart
Add the following line:
@xcompmgr -n

4) Restart gdm (as SU)
> /etc/init.d/gdm stop
> /etc/init.d/gdm start
Login again.

5) You should now have transparency effects etc. on your desktop when using tools like screenlets.

1. Mint already installed
2. xcompmgr installs OK
3. Opening a regular terminal and typing SU to enter root then typing> gedit /etc/xdg/lxsession/Mint-LXDE/autostart fails to open the file for edit. However if i open a root terminal I am able to gedit the file and save the changes.

Questions.

When adding @xcompmgr -n to autostart do you have to deactivate any other lines.
Which desktop should I select to start (Mint LXFE, Gnome, etc?)

I would still like to try the Compix effect in MintPPC11 if possible.


Thanks

Trevor