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From: James Colby <jcolby@×××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading from Beryl to Compiz-fusion
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:46:20
Message-Id: 20070914003326.GB6477@gentoo
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading from Beryl to Compiz-fusion by Whitt Madden
1 On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 04:37:48PM -0500, Whitt Madden wrote:
2 > I will second Albert's message. I didn't unmerge Beryl, and unlike Albert I
3 > did have some issues.
4 >
5 > On 9/13/07, Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
6 > >
7 > > On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 15:47 -0400, James Colby wrote:
8 > > > All -
9 > > >
10 > > > Does anyone know if there is an upgrade path from Beryl to
11 > > > Compiz-Fusion. I am currently running Beryl on my laptop and would
12 > > > like to try out the new Compiz-Fusion. Do I need to unmerge the Beryl
13 > > > packages before I install Compiz-Fusion?
14 > >
15 > > I didn't unmerge Beryl first and it worked.
16 > >
17 > > Nevertheless, I would still recommend:
18 > >
19 > > $ emerge -C beryl
20 > > $ emerge -va --depclean
21 > > $ # install fusion
22
23 Thanks, I used the above procedure and it compiled and runs well. The
24 only complaint that I have is that I have no windows decorations unless
25 I open up a shell and manually execute emerald &. Any ideas on how to
26 get emerald to run on login? It seems to me like it should be started
27 automatically.
28
29 Thanks again for the help,
30 James
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading from Beryl to Compiz-fusion Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading from Beryl to Compiz-fusion Whitt Madden <whittmadden@×××××.com>