Desktop effects not available [SOLVED]

[Thomas Olsen]

On Wednesday 08 June 2011 13:19:36 Thomas Olsen wrote:
> I purged the ATI blob and now back to radeon. Still no desktop effects.
> glxgears totally freezes.

I forgot to mention that I found a working solution for Radeon HD 5450 
Mobility:

Move /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if it exists) to eg. /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak

Install the ATI binary blob via System/Additional Drivers. Reboot.
Run:

kwriteconfig -file kwinrc -group Compositing -key Enabled true
kwriteconfig -file kwinrc -group Compositing -key OpenGLIsUnsafe false
kwriteconfig -file kwinrc -group Compositing -key CheckIsSafe true

Go to System Settings/Desktop Effects and configure. Works like a charm; all 
but a few effect works and no crashes. glxgears still doesn't work though, but 
I really couldn't care less ;-)

Thanks to Thomas Lübking @kde-devel:
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-devel&m=130140836311441&w=2

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Best regards / med venlig hilsen

Thomas Olsen

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