Hi Sean , I tried all the options you suggested. They all introduce a nice improvement, I can now minimize the windows, and the nice geany effect works. However, I can't move any of them around or resize them. Here is the out put you requested
~$ dpkg -l '*compiz*' Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii compiz 0.8.2-6 OpenGL window and compositing manager ii compiz-core 0.8.2-6 OpenGL window and compositing manager un compiz-core-ab <none> (no description available) ii compiz-fusion- 0.8.2-3 Compiz Fusion plugins - extra collection ii compiz-fusion- 0.8.2-3 Compiz Fusion plugins - main collection ii compiz-gnome 0.8.2-6 OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOM ii compiz-gtk 0.8.2-6 OpenGL window and compositing manager - Gtk un compiz-kde <none> (no description available) ii compiz-plugins 0.8.2-6 OpenGL window and compositing manager - plug ii compizconfig-b 0.8.2-1 Compiz Fusion configuration system - gconf b ii compizconfig-s 0.8.2-2 Compizconfig Settings Manager ii libcompizconfi 0.8.2-2 Configuration settings library for compiz-fu ii python-compizc 0.8.2-1 Compizconfig bindings for python Thanks, Oz.