Desktop animations enabled, message saying they're enabled pops up

Bug #1752167 reported by Iakionzekk
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Bug Description

says my desktop effects aren't enabled, what do i do? they're enabled anyways
*latest stable docky release*
-not gnome, lxde (works with lxde anyway)
-ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
-nvidia geforce 9400

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Stuart Ludwig (stuart-l-f) wrote :

If my memory serves me right, many of the more lighter desktop environments in Linux, such as LXDE and others, aren’t making use of your graphics card full potential by avoiding using a compositing window manager.

I'd recommend you to install Compton, it is a lightweight, standalone, compositing manager software for the X window system, it adds nice effects together with smooth display rendering that may enhance your display performance and should fix your problem.

Open your terminal and type in the following command:
sudo apt install compton

Now for the configuration, here’s an example file I use myself https://pastebin.com/y79QS4uC , the file needs to be stored inside .config folder and be named compton.conf (/home/<USER-NAME>/.config/compton.conf).

Hope this helps

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Stuart Ludwig (stuart-l-f) wrote :

To make Compton autostart upon LXDE login – create a .desktop file in your ~/.config/autostart directory (create one if not available) and copy paste the following inside it:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/bin/compton

Enjoy new compositing capabilities :)

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