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[mac]

mac wrote:
> Rob Beard wrote:
> <snip>
>> A niggly thing I found was that the display was slow (I have Intel 
>> video) although reading the Ubuntu Wiki I found a couple of options to 
>> speed it up although I haven't done the hack to enable Compiz, I'll just 
>> wait for the bug fixed drivers.
> 
> 
> Rob >>> I'm having similar issues with my Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop, 
> which ran compiz fine under 8.04 and 8.10, but is very clunky now with 
> 9.04.  I've been trying to find the fixes you alluded to, but can't seem 
> to get the search right.  I'd be grateful if you could give me some 
> pointers to where this material is.
> 
> TIA
> 
> mac


Rob >>> Worry not!  I found the stuff  on the forum (rather than the 
wiki) here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1130582

But it involves fairly extensive hacking of the kernel and other stuff, 
with third-party software.  Tell you what -- I'll just turn the fancy 
and rather non-essential compiz effects off, eh?  And get on with using 
the apps!

Cheers

mac