Unable to make Window transparent in Ubuntu 12.10

Posted by Falguni Roy on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Falguni Roy
Published on 2012-10-25T18:07:03Z Indexed on 2012/10/28 17:17 UTC
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I have recently upgraded from ubuntu 12.04 LTS to 12.10 (x64). I used to have transparent window tittle bar using gconf-editor -> apps -> gwd. But in 12.10 editing the value isn't doing nothing. Also in ccsm many plugins such as: opacity, brightness, saturation, desktop cube and rotate cube are all gone. I love that transparent look very much and I want to get it back in 12.10.

I'm using Nvidia 7200GS ; AMD Athlon 7750 ; 3GB Ram.

Is there any way to get it working?

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