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I'm currently using ubuntu with gnome and am using XGL+Compiz etc. If I just install fluxbox from the repos, will XGL work in it? And will there be any sort of clashes between gnome and fluxbox being installed side by side?

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No it won't work. Gnome is a Dekstop Environment. What that means is it is a set of applications working together to create a full dekstop. This includes a Window Manager, a Panel among other things. To get Gnome (or KDE) to use XGL, it replaces Gnome's official Window Manager (Metacity) with Compiz. Compiz is what gives you all the fancy effects. Now in comes Fluxbox which is also just a Window Manager, that can be used either stand alone or as Gnome's Window Manager. So you see, Compiz may replace Fluxbox, but then you wouldn't be using FLux any more, it's either one or the other.

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Right, so installing fluxbox would seriously mess up my XGL+Compiz+Gnome setup?

How could I get a sort of minimal setup like fluxbox and still have compiz and gnome as a seperate option when I log in?

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Mouldy Punk, installing Fluxbox would not mess anything up I think you misunderstood what I meant. You may install Fluxbox along side your XGL+Compiz+Gnome, it's just they won't be working together. You may log into a Fluxbox session or a XGL+Compiz+Gnome session. Just apt-get install fluxbox (or whatever the equivalent is on your machine) and when you log in using GDM select Fluxbox as the session type. Just no fancy effects in Fluxbox :).

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Ah, thanks for that mitch00. There's no way to make fluxbox work with XGL though?

Tiftof, thanks for the link. I already have a similar thing setup though I think.

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I highly doubt it. From what I understand XGL is just the underlying technology, and Compiz itself does all the fancy effects. Fluxbox wasn't built for this purpose and you cant be using both at once it doesn't really work. Sorry =/

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I am typing this in an installation like this: xcompmgr+transset+conkty+fluxbox

Huh? :huh:

Are you posting with an issue regarding fluxbox? or xcompmgr? or conky?

Or just letting us know you use those? :unsure:

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I'm pretty sure xcompmgr can be used with fluxbox, although I've read it can conflict with Conky and sometimes cause problems with your menu. There may be patches/workarounds.

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Ahhh, I see. I remember something about conky having problems when used with xcompmgr.

Your memory is better than mine, it seems. ;)

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