Ubuntu
compiz package

compiz resets active plugin list on every startup

Bug #1168636 reported by Adam Dingle
6
This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
compiz (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

I'm on Ubuntu Raring. To see the problem:

1. Start CompizConfig Settings Manager and enable a new plugin, e.g. the JPEG image loading plugin.
2. The plugin will be loaded in compiz (as you can see in .xsession-errors).
3. Log out and log back in.
4. The plugin you enabled will not be loaded any more.

When you enable the plugin in CompizConfig it gets added to ~/.config/compiz-1/compizconfig/unity.ini. It appears that on every login this file gets overwritten with a default set of plugins, so the extra plugin is lost.

Revision history for this message
Adam Dingle (adam-yorba) wrote :

More specifically, every time Compiz starts it's apparently overwriting ~/.config/compiz-1/compizconfig/unity.ini with the contents of /etc/compizconfig/unity.ini, clobbering the previous set of selected plugins.

summary: - compiz resets active plugin list on every login
+ compiz resets active plugin list on every startup
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.
Subscribing...

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.