This doesn't seem to be an X issue, as “compiz --replace” is working later in your session.
I'll move it to gnome-session, which is responsible for starting things like compiz; it's possible that compiz is getting started before some environment it depends on is ready.
This doesn't seem to be an X issue, as “compiz --replace” is working later in your session.
I'll move it to gnome-session, which is responsible for starting things like compiz; it's possible that compiz is getting started before some environment it depends on is ready.