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cube not turning 10.10

Asked by Neil

hi all
I can nit get cube to turn in 10.10.
can some on please help.
I tried this
 alt+F2 and type gconf-editor

Using the plus signs "+", click "apps", then "compiz", then "plugins", then "vpswitch", then "allscreen", and finally click on "options".

On the right side find "next_button" (probably says Disabled right now), edit it to say "Button5"

Then find "prev_button" edit it to say "Button4"
but in 10.10 there is no vpswitch

any ideas?
Thank
Neil

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you press ALT+F2 and run:

ccsm

is th cube enabled?

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Neil (goofandfroggie) said : 		#2

hi
yes it is all enabled, if I hold down the wheel button on the mouse it will rotate if I move the mouse around but it will not spin rolling the wheel.
had the same problem in 9.10 & 10.04 but I us the above to fix it. but now I can even do that.
as I said there in no vpswitch there to turn it no.
Regards
Neil

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

you can use CTRL+ALT+Cursor key left / right and it will do it. I am not aware of any mousewheel stuff with compiz, mainly because I haven't used the (worthless to me) cube in years.

You could log a bug.

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Jan Vonde (jan.vonde) said : 		#4

same problem here... can anybody tell me where the vpswitch plugin is?

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Best Jan Vonde (jan.vonde) said : 		#5

You have to register the compiz-vpswitch.schema. You can find the file as well as a small howto in german at:
http://blog.pregos.info/2011/01/12/ubuntu-10-10-fix-cube-rotate-mouse-wheel/

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Neil (goofandfroggie) said : 		#6

Thanks Jan that worked for me too. I have posted the help below, many help someone else.

wget http://blog.pregos.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/compiz-vpswitch.schemas.gz
gunzip compiz-vpswitch.schemas.gz
sudo mv compiz-vpswitch.schemas /usr/share/gconf/schemas/
sudo gconf-schemas --register /usr/share/gconf/schemas/compiz-vpswitch.schemas

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Neil (goofandfroggie) said : 		#7

Thanks Jan Toenjes, that solved my question.