Comment 56 for bug 858845

Nice to see someone's still playing with this to try and find a final
solution.

Me, I gave up trying to figure it out as Xfce is my primary desktop.

Still, thanks to anyone who's willing to give it a go... [thumbs-up!]

Regards,

Andy

On 26 April 2014 16:04, monkeybrain2012 <email address hidden> wrote:

> Turns out the start up command is not such a good idea, it leads to some
> graphic glitches as well as momentarily freezing, maybe it is restarting
> unity constantly? Also running unity --restart somehow removes the
> orange outline of highlighted workplace in expo and leaves for ugly
> black edges.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/858845
>
> Title:
> Screen edge actions set in CCSM (scale/expo) don't work (sometimes) -
> Wall plugin is probably responsible
>
> Status in Compiz:
> Fix Released
> Status in Unity:
> Invalid
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> PROBLEM:
> If the unityshell plugin is loaded after compiz plugins like scale or
> expo, those plugins will lose their "active corner" settings. The settings
> are still set but don't have any effect. Keyboad shortcuts are not affected.
>
> This looks like a problem in the unityshell plugin.
>
> WORKAROUND:
> Re-order the list of plugins to move expo and scale (or whatever else
> you use) behind unityshell.
>
> In 12.04 the list of plugins is found in this gconf key
> /apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins
>
> In 12.10 it is this dconf key
> /org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/core/active-plugins
> ( for some with 12.10 it may be at
> /org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins-with-set-keys )
> --
> old description
> --
> I have set expo edge to bottom right. After reboot, often this setting
> does not seem to work. To re-enable expo edge, I have to clear it in
> compizconfig settings manager and re-set it to bottom right.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: compiz 1:0.9.5.94+bzr20110919-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
>
> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
> Architecture: amd64
> CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,snap,place,imgpng,compiztoolbox,gnomecompat,grid,move,vpswitch,mousepoll,resize,regex,session,unitymtgrabhandles,wall,animation,expo,workarounds,fade,scale,unityshell]
> CompositorRunning: compiz
> Date: Sun Sep 25 17:26:13 2011
> DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-09-02 13:23:21.116927
> DistroCodename: oneiric
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> DkmsStatus:
> fglrx, 8.881, 3.0.0-10-generic, x86_64: installed
> fglrx, 8.881, 3.0.0-11-generic, x86_64: installed
> GraphicsCard:
> ATI Technologies Inc Madison [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series]
> [1002:68c0] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02fe]
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64
> (20110427.1)
> JockeyStatus:
> kmod:fglrx - ATI Fire GL (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
> xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (Proprietary,
> Enabled, In use)
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio XPS 1645
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_IN
> LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-11-generic
> root=UUID=dabcc9da-5f0e-411a-9d27-8d9eb8dde0af ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> SourcePackage: compiz
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-02 (23 days ago)
> dmi.bios.date: 05/11/2010
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: A09
> dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.board.version: A09
> dmi.chassis.type: 8
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.version: A09
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd05/11/2010:svnDellInc.:pnStudioXPS1645:pvrA09:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvrA09:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA09:
> dmi.product.name: Studio XPS 1645
> dmi.product.version: A09
> dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.94+bzr20110919-0ubuntu1
> version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
> version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu23
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
> version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
> version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1
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