Description of problem: When going to System > Preferences > Look & Feel > Desktop effects and enabling the desktop effects, all new windows are created in the upper left corner of the screen without the title bar to move them. When hitting Alt + Space and selecting move, the windows does not move with the keyboard or the mouse. I'm not sure if this is related to my hardware, but I think it worked in f8test1. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): "Out of the box" installed from f8test2 Live CD How reproducible: On my installation, 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Download http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents//Fedora-8-Test-2-Live-i686.torrent 2. Boot from CD and select install to hard disk 3. After initial config, enable desktop effects Additional info: This is a fairly new Dell Laptop, a Latitude D630. The chipset in it may be part of the problem as it may not be fully supported yet. But as mentioned above, I think it worked on f8test1. Attached is the listing from smoltSendProfile
Created attachment 195231 [details] smoltSendProfile
compiz bug
This seems to be working in test3.
This bug is still there for me in F8 released.
Do you have any gconf settings lingering from the old F7 compiz? I've noticed that clearing them out helps.
Yes, I think you're right. I cleared the old settings out and it's working now.
OK, so the problem is not sanitizing previous settings on upgrade, right? Kristian, this is for you.
This looks like a duplicate of bug #245495
Do you have place plugin in /apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins run gconftool-2 --get /apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins to find out. If not, try to add it there with gconf-editor (I don't know how to manage lists with gconftool-2). Does it help?
I only saw this on F8 Test 2. In F8 final desktop effects are working great. In comment 4 Adam Huffman said he saw the issue in F8 final but that clearing out old settings from F7 fixed it.
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