HowTo: OpenSUSE 10.3 With Compiz Fusion

I had a very painful process getting OpenSUSE 10.3 with Compiz Fusion working. These are the steps which worked for me:

Hardware:
Compal Multinote HGL30 laptop
Nvidia Geforce GO 7600 graphics
Intel Core 2 Duo 2ghz processor

Warning: I'm translating the menu and button texts from Norwegian to English and you might find that it doesn't correlate with the actual English version.

I'm dividing the steps so that in the event of a crash you would have a better chance of knowing which part failed.

(1) Install OpenSUSE by booting DVD(I'm using the x86_64 version).

Select online archives.
Select KDE (Gnome failed every time trying to download some msttfonts-patch xml file).
Agree to updating.

(2) Activate repositories

Open YaST2 control center. Go to software and community repositories. Activate the following repositories:

Main Repository(NON-OSS)
Main Repository for updates
Main Repository(OSS)
NVIDIA Repository
Packman Repository
VideoLan Repository
OpenSUSE BuildService - X11:XGL

Note: All of these might not be necessary.

After adding these it might be a good idea to right click the update icon in the systray and click "Check Now".

(3) Install NVIDIA Driver

The 1-Click install did not work at all for me. I had multiple problems including xorg not finding the nvidia module when starting. Instead I used the "Install programs via Zen" application. Search for nvidia, check "x11-video-nvidiaG01" ( not the legacy x11-video-nvidia ) and confirm. Log out and log back in to make xorg use the new driver.

Make a backup of your xorg.conf config file.

Type the following commands in a terminal window as root:
nvidia-xconfig --composite
nvidia-xconfig --render-accel
nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals

Log out and log back in to apply the changes.

(4) Install Compiz Fusion

Click "Install programs via Zen".
Search for compiz.
Check compiz-fusion-kde and confirm.

Open up a terminal window and type:
ccsm &

This will open up the compiz settings manager. Click the effects category and find "Window Decoration".

Enter the following in the "command" field:
kde-window-decorator --replace &

Close the settings manager, open up a terminal window and type:
compiz ccp --replace &

Admire your desktop. :)

Additional steps would be making the "compiz ccp --replace &" command start when logging in. This can be accomplished by putting an executable script with the above command in the ~/.kde/Autostart/ directory.

If your kde desktop switcher doesn't play nice with the compiz fusion desktop switching shortcuts, try running the command(as a regular user):
dcop kicker kicker restart

This is mostly just a memo for my own use. Please add your own comments if you see any errors in the article.