[mythtv-users] plans to improve Myth/Compiz integration?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/20/2007 03:08 AM, Joe Auty wrote:
> Ben Kevan wrote:
>   
>> On Friday 19 October 2007 06:32:46 pm Chris Ribe wrote:
>>     
>>>> No reason to have compiz.. I would remove it actually..
>>>>         
>>> If it is the default window manager of your favorite distro, I would say
>>> that's a reasonable reason to have it.
>>>       
>> Yes, if your distro is ment as a desktop.

Or if you can't figure out how to change a default...

>>  I am sure MythBuntu (which is a 
>> MythTV based box built off of Ubuntu 7.10) will not have it included by 
>> default
> I think I've solved this problem...
>
> Things work properly when you go to your Appearance panel -> Visual
> Effects -> set to Normal or Extra. For some reason, it was set to "None"
> for me even with Desktop Effects enabled via the Desktop Effects control
> panel.
>
> In my opinion, having both a Desktop Effects control panel and these
> options under Appearance (not sure what these have to do with
> appearance) is a big usability hole. Not a good idea, Ubuntu devs... Why
> not consolidate these options and put all of this under Desktop Effects?
>
> Oh well... this is a welcome improvement, now that I have it working :)

See http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/3109#comment:7

Mike