How do you reset compiz?..

Hi,

How do you restart Compiz without logging out? Every now and then for some reason I have not figured out it stops working. I installed the "Compiz Fusion Icon", but it doesn't show-up on the panel.

P.S. I ran this for the "Compiz Fusion Icon" and I get this:

Code:

* Detected Session: gnome
* Searching for installed applications...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/fusion-icon", line 57, in <module>
    from FusionIcon.interface import choose_interface
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/FusionIcon/interface.py", line 21, in <module>
    from util import env
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/FusionIcon/util.py", line 419, in <module>
    decorators = CompizDecorators(_installed)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/FusionIcon/util.py", line 226, in __init__
    self.command = context.Plugins['decor'].Screen['command']
KeyError: 'decor'


...so I'm assuming this one is a bust for now...

Hi,

press Alt + t and a terminal will appear, enter:

sudo service gdm restart

this will restart Gnome!!.

You also look here for lots of info about Compiz:

http://wiki.compiz.org/

Regards Wolfman

If you want to reset compiz you can open compiz click on preferences and then reset to defaults.

Thanks!... I tried the "sudo service gdm restart", but for some reason it not me to the boot session screen and was taking a long time so I restarted.

One thing I found out that I have the old version of "Compiz Fusion Icon" 0.1.x, there latest is 0.8.x, but their instruction on how to install the source doesn't match the files supplied. I download the "compiz-0.8.8"

contents of the "install" is:

Code:

compiz uses automake, in order to generate the Makefiles for compiz use:

   $ autogen.sh  <----- no such script

After that, standard build procedures apply:

   $ make
   # make install


...has anyone updated their "Compize Fusion Icon" or has is working?

Have to admit not got 'Compiz fusion icon' on the system. (Running 5.0 Premium Ultimate at moment on Gnome 2 - now whether this is the issue I don't know - was led to believe that Compiz would have to be rewritten for Gnome3?)

Oh o-kay!.. Thanks for the heads up...