I installed Xfce4, Compiz and lxdm on my desktop computer running openSUSE 12.1. To start Compiz as the default WM I edited ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml and set
<property name="Client0_Command" type="array">
<value type="string" value="compiz"/>
<value type="string" value="ccp"/>
</property>
But when I login the first time after booting nothing happens. I have to relogin or start compiz via console and everything is fine. When I use the --debug flag with Compiz and log the output I always (even if the start fails) get
compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libcore.so : No such file or directory compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /usr/lib/compiz/libcore.so : No such file or directory compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libccp.so : No such file or directory Backend : ini Integration : true Profile : default Adding plugins Initializing core options...done compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libcomposite.so : No such file or directory Initializing composite options...done compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libopengl.so : No such file or directory Initializing opengl options...done compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libdecor.so : No such file or directory Initializing decor options...done compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libcommands.so : No such file or directory Initializing commands options...done compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libresize.so : No such file or directory Initializing resize options...done compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libmove.so : No such file or directory Initializing move options...done compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libregex.so : No such file or directory compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libgrid.so : No such file or directory Initializing grid options...done compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libshift.so : No such file or directory compiz (core) - Error: Plugin 'text' not loaded. compiz (shift) - Warn: No compatible text plugin loaded Initializing shift options...done compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libwobbly.so : No such file or directory Initializing wobbly options...done compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libmousepoll.so : No such file or directory Initializing mousepoll options...done compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libcube.so : No such file or directory Initializing cube options...done compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libthumbnail.so : No such file or directory compiz (core) - Error: Plugin 'text' not loaded. Initializing thumbnail options...done compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/librotate.so : No such file or directory Initializing rotate options...done compiz (core) - Debug: Could not stat() file /home/peep/.compiz-1/plugins/libanimation.so : No such file or directory Initializing animation options...done compiz (core) - Debug: refusing to manage window 0xe00071
By the way, xfwm4 runs without any problems and compiz runs under LXDE, too.
It's working now. I just created a new user, configured the whole thing and somehow it worked. :weird: