I think i'll give compiz it a nother try... compiz sucsesfuly compiled for me in apt but i think that if i can figure out what's missing, i might be able to overcome this problem. I'll update this post when i can get a clear since of what's going on.

update: here's what's going on:

Checking for Xgl: none
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log
egrep: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: No such file or directory
egrep: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: No such file or directory
egrep: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: No such file or directory
egrep: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: No such file or directory
egrep: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: No such file or directory
No whitelisted driver found
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity

Aparently, i need to install xserver-xorg, is it safe to do this? I allrety have a non-nested xserver installed.