Embarrassing question re Compiz

[Karl Auer]

I have an embarrassing question regarding compiz on 20.04. It's not
running, I don't know why not, and I don't know how to start it :-)

I've installed Compiz and the settings manager, and rebooted for good
measure. However, there is no task running with "compiz" in the name.
On my old laptop, with Compiz installed, there is a "compiz" process
(but I no longer recall how I made that happen). Also, some obvious
Compiz settings are having no effect. So I'm pretty
sure it's not active. 

I tried "sudo compiz --replace" and the screen cleared to white with a
sad face in the middle of it and the message "Oh no! Something has gone
wrong", and the only option it gave was to log out.

The main thing I want is mouse control of workspace switching, but
everything else would be nice too :-) [1]

Not sure if it's related, but I have NVidia graphics hardware. When
installing 20.04 I had to select "safe graphics" mode. glxinfo shows a
bunch of NVidia-related stuff:

kauer at kt1:~$ glxinfo | grep -i nvidia
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 440.100
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 440.100
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 NVIDIA 440.100

... so I think the NVidia graphics are active. glxgears reports about
60fps, which seems pretty high for unaccelerated graphics.

Regards, K.

[1] Where's my rotating cube? No evidence of it in the settings manager
any more :-(

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