Anyhow, you can find a decent amount of GUI tools to edit Compiz settings but for some reason most of the GUI tool can drag you into a bit of a unstable system. And I think the reason is that when you change a setting or two using them, those 1 or 2 settings applies some certain amount of "child" settings inside them which means a lot of changes concerning the 3D rendering engine which leads to the unstable OS, perhaps.
Ubuntu Linux made some serious adaptations of Compiz with the introduction of their Unity desktop module and as almost all knows it has two versions.
Unity 3D: The default version which uses the 3D rendering by default to create a beautiful looking windows, resizing or minimizing effects, etc.
Compiz is useful, somewhat :)... |
Anyhow, the thing is, with Ubuntu 11.04 it was pretty easy to edit advanced settings of Compiz thanks to the Gconf-editor. But since Ubuntu 11.10 uses a lot of Gnome 3/Shell apps + Gnome Shell is migrating from Gconf-editor (a Gnome desktop configuration database editor GUI) to a new tool called Dconf-editor...
... The problems is that, while I was writing this post, Ubuntu is at its Beta 2 stage and I don't know whether things would change when they release it official (don't think so)... neither "Gconf" nor "Dconf" is installed by default in Ubuntu 11.10!.
Enough talking, let's do it!
1. So if you want to edit Compiz settings then you gotta first install Gconf-editor manually in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot (Dconf is pretty new still and won't even include any settings concerning Compiz). To do that use the below command.
sudo apt-get install gconf-editor
2. Now, press "Alt" + "F2" keys and put the below command into the search box and hit enter.
gconf-editor
3. This should open a window similar to the below.
Ahh, the good & "old" friend... |
Anyhow, from your left go to: "apps" -> "compiz-1".
That's it. Under "compiz-" -> "plugins", you'll find all of those "hidden" Compiz OpenGL 3D rendering settings such as: animation, blur, composite, cube effects, decor, ezoom, etc.
They're all there! ... |
gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compiz-1And if you want to load the desktop with Unity's default settings (user profiles, launcher preferences, etc) then use the below command for that.
unity --resetYou can also use the below command which gives a short introduction to "Unity-Shell", etc (the command-line manual actually).
man unity
Also remember, since OpenGL 3D graphics rendering means deeper hardware integration thus always make sure that you have the up-to-date GPU drivers installed to get the best out of your system. Good luck.
12 comments:
wonderful ! .. wow
@Anonymous,
Ubuntu or me (kidding!). You are welcome :)...
Oh man thanks , i was worrying where the heck this gconf-editor is been hidden .. I didnt know it was to be installed , former distro had this tool in default .
Thanks man
@Anonymous,
You are welcome :).
thanks! verry helpfull :)
@Anonymous,
The pleasure is all mine :).
m8 i found all those animations but how do i activate them ? because i have problems with compiz. my top bar disappears and my whole system is kinda crashes.
@Anonymous,
Well you can make sure to click and add a "check-mark" where's possible.
And in other occasions, the numbers and other options are the additional tweaks of already enabled Compiz settings most of the time.
So you can change those values to tweak the already enabled settings here and there.
Okay, but you just showed me a bunch of files. What do I do with them? There's nothing that says "Okay" or "Accept" or like "Turn this effect on" or anything like that, so what do I do??
@Anonymous,
I'm afraid you'll have to figure it out by yourself.
But nonetheless when you select some of these values they do show some basic information about it on the bottom section of the window so you can get a basic idea.
For applying your changes: Just change the values and press Enter (or after making your changes, clicking on a black space should also work). That’s it.
And usually when you change a value the change might occur immediately. But for some effects, you might have to re-log in.
Remember, this is not as easy as using a GUI. But there aren't a lot of stable GUIs for editing Compiz (at least as far as I know).
And if you're really new to Compiz/Ubunu or GNU/Linux in general, then perhaps you might not wanna edit these settings at all (some might even break the OS or the actual hardware, if you play with “refresh” related settings for instance).
So please use it at your own risk.
Good luck.
How can i do compiz profile settings export and import using command line
@Anonymous,
I can't help you with that mate (by the way, sorry about the late response).
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