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compositing is mostly just eye candy, much like aero is for windows.

If you just want a desktop, try lxde, its lightweight and fast, well suited for an E350. It might not have all the bells and whistles, but it works. Xfce with compositing turned off should work as well.

It seems you have just read my mind, hehe

I'm downloading Linux Mint 14 with Xfce, I googled a bit about different desktops and decided to try it.

Beyond that, If I could make it work on Cinnamon it would be great, and the tests I've just perform says you are on the right direction with the "compositing".

I found this post in other forum telling how to disable:

I'd like to report that I managed to solve the issue.

Basically, go to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and look for a line called Composite:

Code:

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

If you Change "Disable" to "Enable", then you'll get Cinnamon. Otherwise, you'll get the fallback.

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.

But there is no xorg.conf in this folder, so I don't know how to handle it.

In other post I've read this:

Hi,
well, the xorg.conf is at /etc/X11/xorg.conf. However, if I remember correctly Ubuntu does not use it by default (I am on LMDE). You can create one there though and it should be recognized. In any case, assuming you are using gnome, the easiest way to disable compositing would be:

Code:

killall compiz.real; cinnamon --replace &
gtk-window-decorator --replace&

The first command kills compiz, the second loads cinnamon (gnome's window manager). You can replace cinnamon with whatever window manager you are using. Let me know if you need more help, I haven't tested this with cinnamon or any of the new gnome3 desktops.

I've copy the code to a terminal, and after this, when I run XBMC problem is solved! But if I close the terminal window I lose all desktop and have to reset computer. How can i have the same effect on boot and not losing desktop?? I would like to know how to disable this "compositing" feature...

Everyways I've just download LM14 xfce and I'm gonna make a fresh install with it

Thanks and regards



OH MY GOD!! I'm gonna commit suicide! I'm trying to install LM14 with xfce and when the installation should start appears this error message:

"The ext4 file system creation in partition # of SCSI6 (0,0,0) (sda) failed."

If I try to make partitions manually it always says:

"No root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu"

But I've try all options with no result.

I've try 2 different hard disks.....

I think it's because the volume is mounted before setting the file system in the installation!!!