Looking at the screenshots I found on the web, I realised AWN is really cool! Now, I wanted to try doing it on my Virtual Ubuntu!
Reading the prerequisite, I realised that the “Composite” component in the X installation must first be enabled. Then from the Visual Effects column, I discovered that Compriz is not supported in virtual environment. So, I went on enabling metacity’s compositor to use AWN instead.
To enable metacity’s compositor:
Alt+F2
and type
gconf-editor
and press the enter key.
Go to Apps > Metacity > General and look for compositing_manager. Check the checkbox beside it and it will allow you to use AWN even without Compriz.
Next, to install AWN, simply type
apt-get install avant-window-navigator
I followed your steps, but awn doesn’t carry over to other desktops, and doesn’t handles resizing the screen, or switching from full screen to a window.
Did you have the same issues?
Unfortunately, yes.. I have the same issues as you do and I do not have time to find a solution or do some testing yet….
However, you can try the solution in http://www.kirya.net/weblog/2008/10/27/ubuntu-810-as-a-guest-in-virtualbox/, he wrote something about fixing the video bug in Ubuntu. I tried the mouse portion and maybe the video works as well. Please try it and tell me about the results…
Thanks-in-advanced for the sharing ;)