Comment 12 for bug 552273

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Mathijs Henquet (mathijshenquet) wrote : Re: [Bug 552273] Re: Docky warns that there is no compositing support when running under Metacity with active compositing manager

Altough this is not really a fix for docky. You can try to change the default window manager. There is a gconf key to do that but its easier with gnome-tweak. Just replace gnome-wm with compiz, you will have better boot speeds and no more errors.

Mathijs Henquet

Op 20 okt. 2010 om 21:03 heeft Matthew Pirocchi <email address hidden> het volgende geschreven:

> Robert: Sure, but in the meantime could it be increased to 5 seconds?
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> Docky warns that there is no compositing support when running under Metacity with active compositing manager
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552273
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> Status in Docky: Invalid
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> Bug description:
> Docky warns that there is no compositing support when running under Metacity with active compositing manager. This is incorrect.
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> Notes:
> It only happens infrequently when Docky is set to start when computer starts.
> Running with -d from terminal does not produce the error.
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> To reproduce:
> use Metacity
> activate Metacity compositing manager (easiest way is to use Ubuntu Tweak, at the bottom of the Window Manager Settings page)
> set Docky to start when computer starts
> reboot
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> Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
> + Auto login
> GNOME 2.28.1
> ATI Mobility RADEON M6 LY
> IBM ThinkPad X31
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> If I can provide any more info please let me know.
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