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compiz(1)

OpenGL window and compositing manager

NAME

compiz - OpenGL window and compositing manager

SYNOPSIS

compiz [options] [plugins]

DESCRIPTION

compiz is a compositing window-manager using OpenGL for rendering.

OPTIONS

--display DISPLAY

Manage the display called DISPLAY instead of the name obtained from the $DISPLAY environment variable.

--bg-image IMAGE

Use IMAGE as background image.

--refresh-rate RATE

Set the default refresh rate.

--fast-filter

Use a fast texture filter.

--indirect-rendering

Force an indirect rendering context. Use this when running compiz on AIGLX.

--loose-binding

Disable strict binding of textures. This may improve performance in some situations (running on XGL). As opposed to strict binding, however, this isn't guaranteed to work. Use with care.

--replace

Replace any existing window managers on the given X display.

--sm-disable

Disable the session management.

--sm-client-id ID

Use the given ID as the client ID for session management.

--no-detection

Disable output screen detection.

--no-fbo

Disable the use of FBOs (frame buffer objects). This can be useful to work around drivers with broken FBO implementations.

--ignore-desktop-hints

Do not use desktop hints (number of desktops, current desktop) as left by the previous window manager.

--only-current-screen

Manage only the screen defined by $DISPLAY (or given by the --display option) and leave all other screens alone.

--use-root-window

Use the root window instead of the composite overlay window for drawing.

--version

Show the compiz version string.

--help

Show a summary of the command-line options.

AUTHOR

compiz was written by David Reveman <[email protected]> and others.

This manual page was written by Thierry Reding <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

History

--bg-image since Debian 10 (Buster); --display since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --fast-filter since Debian 10 (Buster); --help since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --ignore-desktop-hints since Debian 10 (Buster); --indirect-rendering since Debian 10 (Buster); --loose-binding since Debian 10 (Buster); --no-detection since Debian 10 (Buster); --no-fbo since Debian 10 (Buster); --only-current-screen since Debian 10 (Buster); --refresh-rate since Debian 10 (Buster); --replace since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --sm-client-id since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --sm-disable since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --use-root-window since Debian 10 (Buster); --version since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

--debug until Debian 9 (Stretch); --keep-desktop-hints until Debian 9 (Stretch); --no-auto-add-ccp until Debian 9 (Stretch); --send-startup-message until Debian 9 (Stretch); --sync until Debian 9 (Stretch).