Comment 20 for bug 178953

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Christoph Langner (chrissss) wrote : Re: compiz doesn't start if metacity compositor is enabled

@max
By entering

$ gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager true

you *activate* metacity's abilities to work as compositing manager. By

$ gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager false

you disable this feature again. After you disabled this feature. Compiz should start again.