Gnome-Appearance-Properties fails to Alllow Custom Compiz Settings

[Jimmygoon]

Step 1: Install simple-ccsm. Install compizconfig-settings-manager.

Step 2: Remove simple-ccsm (because its... too simple)

** gnome-appearance-properties no longer allows you to choose "custom" settings **

Step 3: Reinstall simple-ccsm. Try to select "Custom Settings". Nothing appears to happen. Close appearance dialog and reopen... it doesn't have Custom selected...

???

Step 4: Choose "Extra" effects and then open the compizconfig-settings-manager... for some reason despite the fact that custom may not be an option and "Extra" is chosen... its actually allowing you to configure everything.

I'm assuming this is mostly UB and if not... poorly thought out.

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Ubuntu Hardy Alpha6
gnome-control-center
1:2.22.0-0ubuntu1

[Agostini Sylvain (agostini-sylvain-deactivatedaccount)]

Confirmed here on hardy beta with all update.

But I never installed simple-ccsm ? just install the compizconfig-settings-manager as I did in gusty and custom didn't appear as a choice.

the most inconvenient things is that if for some reason we have to switch to metacity before we could use the gui and set to none in desktop effect, then when we want to switch back to compiz reselect custom and we are back we our own settings. now if we want to do the same we have to use the cli or we will use all our own settings.

Thanks

[Michael Rooney (mrooney)]

To anyone in Agostini's case, where it never showed a Custom option, the bug you should comment on and subscribe to is bug #210525. I am not sure if this is a dupe of that, does anyone think so?

[Benjamin (tibasic-forever)]

Confirmed. I don't get the option. Also when if I manually configure it with compizconfig-settings-manager it doesn't remember them (probably because custom option is gone)

[Benjamin (tibasic-forever)]

Simple ccsm works now!

[Neil Munro (neilmunro-deactivatedaccount)]

I think this is to do with gnome-control-center.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.