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Compiz Opacity not working in Ubuntu 10.10

Asked by Gonzo

I have a Dell Inspiron 1520 w/Intel Integrated graphics chipset running Ubuntu 10.10 x64. It is a fresh install. In prior releases I simply had to open CompizConfig > Opacity > New. Tap the "Plus" sign > Grab and then click on which ever item I wished. Then the item would be placed on the list and easily configured. I have tried this several times now; even tried to manually add items to the list. However, no matter how I add the item to the list or whichever level of transparency I select, there is no response. Using UbuntuTweak, panel and menu transparency is enabled. Anything I add my self using the CompizConfiguration Settings application doesn't work though. I have been searching the web and my own brain for days now. I'm spent. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas what I may be missing, their help is appreciated. Thank you.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#1

If there is no backup profile to import I'd unset everything in the plugin to default, dis- and enable it, start from scratch.
Unsetting via gconf-editor or terminal:
gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/compiz/plugins/obs/screen0

Try to reproduce the issue and monitor .xsession-errors if it outputs any hints.

To exclude create a test-user, if the issue doesn't remain it might be a misconfiguration in config files of main-user.

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