Desktop effects

[damian]

Chris wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 09:54 -0500, Peter Niedzinski wrote:
>
>         in Fiesty you should be able to get beryl through Adept-Manager,
>         just search for Beryl and what you need should pop up.
>         
>         PN
>         On 6/16/07, Donn<donn.ingle at gmail.com> wrote:
>         > Ubuntu has a 'desktop effects' section where you can turn on a
>         couple of 
>         > beryl-like effects. Has Kubuntu got something similar?
>         >
>         I just live-cd booted into Ubuntu and saw those 2 (count them)
>         options. How do
>         you get the other cool effects (or more control) under Gnome?
>         
>         Under Kubuntu.. sorry - no idea. I tried to install Beryl (or
>         whatever) under
>         Kubuntu Dapper but the Beryl Wiki only has a page full of spam
>         links.. :(
>         
>         I'm sure Feisty is very different - but I can't say.
>         
>         /d
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> Hi guys,
> To load the options that Gnome has for the 3d effects all you need to do
> is install a few items.  Go into Adept and search for "compiz", you will
> see a few options show up. Install, "compiz", "compiz-core",
> "compiz-kde" and "gnome-compiz-manager".  After that's installed you
> will see a new option in the K menu that's reads "Settings" (this is
> actually the menu from Gnome) you will find that you'll be able to turn
> the effects on...and if your graphic card is supported it will work...if
> you find that it doesn't work make sure your graphics card is supported
> with the correct driver. Almost all the machines that I've tested this
> on is using on board Intel graphic from the 845 to the 965 series..the
> 9## series is very very good as far as performance...the 8## series is a
> bit slower...but sill functions decent.
>
> Very important. There are some weird anomalies that accrue with Kubuntu
> (or KDE in general) that you should be aware of that can be fixed very
> simply.
> First after you enable the effects you should see an option that reads
> "Do you want to keep these settings" choose "keep settings" to keep the
> effects on. Now you may notice that your desktop selection applet in
> your panel is only showing one desktop.  If this is what your seeing,
> right click and choose "configure desktops" bring the slider to that it
> indicates more than four desktops...like 5 or 6...click on "apply".  You
> may now see a lot more than 5 or 6 desktops in the panel...this seems to
> be normal. Now bring the slider to show only one desktop and click
> "apply" this should make it so that the panel desktop selector
> shows...4..if this doesn't show four then go back into the "Gl Desktop"
> under "settings" from the K menu and select the "cube and rotation"
> option under the "workspaces" tab and select 4 for the number of view
> ports.  The panel desktop selection applet should 4 desktops...although
> the tool tip will indicate "Desktop 1" for all of them....this is what
> happens when the compiz 3d effects is designed for Gnome and nothing
> else.
>
> Another thing that you'll notice in KDE when these effects are turned is
> that certain window elements won't work like before.  An example of this
> is if you were using the Window decoration called Keramik.  If you have
> the effect on, then the window title will not have that nice rounded
> section that the title is placed into.  Little things like that tell you
> that these effects were designed for the much more plain, Gnome.
>
> I hope this help you guys
> Chris
>
> I hope that helps guys,
>
> Chris 
>   
Thanks for that, I think I'll wait until I have beryl sorted.
I actually have beryl installed, but I'm having xorg nightmares and cant 
get the resolution of my monitor above 800x600. I can't do anything with 
beryl because when the settings box opens it's bigger than my screen!

I've got a couple of people in the MythTV forum helping me with my xorg 
problems, but it's just not getting any better.

Damian