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[Doug Morse <dm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 467668 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467668

Hi,

Me too.

On an older desktop, which I just upgraded to Lucid from Karmic and
which had *none* of these problems before the upgrade, the only solution
that works is (b) compiz --replace as a startup item.  This machine uses
the older nvidia 96 drivers.

On a very new laptop, which I just upgraded to Lucid from Karmic and
*already* had these kind of problems before the upgrade, the only
solution that works is (b) compiz --replace as a startup item.  This
machine uses the new ati fglrx 8.723 drivers (2:8.723-1 in the repos).

Also, for both machines and after implementing the above workaround(s),
selecting "Start Awn automatically" under Dock Preferences does *not*
work.  So, for both machines: I deselect this option, create
/usr/local/bin/awn-delayed as simple shell script which simply runs
"sleep 5; avant-window-navigator", and then I create a startup item that
calls /usr/local/bin/awn-delayed .  (Without the sleep 5 command, awn
seems to start before compiz, probably because in my workaround compiz
is running as a startup program, not as the gnome default window
manager, as would normally be the case.  Others may need to adjust the
sleep time up or down according to their machine's speed.)

These two workarounds seem to get me machines that, when I log into
them, behave as I expect and as I think they ought to in Ubuntu by
default: Compiz starts (and "extra" shows up as selected in the System
-> Preferences -> Appearances dialog) and AWN starts.

HTH,
Doug

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[regression-release] Session manager lacks backward compatibility, making the desktop session unusable
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