Compiz on Dell Dimension 2400/GeForce 6200

[jimi o'beirne]

I started out with single monitor and had the problem... :(

Jim

On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 12:57 -0500, leftyfb wrote:
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> Compiz should work fine with that card. The problem might be the fact
> that you have dual monitors enabled. Try disabling the dual monitors and
> then try enabling compiz.
> 
> jimi o'beirne wrote:
> > Hey guys-
> > Have a question. Installed latest Ubuntu onto my older Dell Dimension
> > 2400. Upgraded the video card yesterday to a GeForce 6200 256MB (the
> > store didn't have any PCI 512MB's). Have tried the video drivers from
> > NVidia (version 177, "recommended"), and when I try going to
> > System/Preferences/Visual Affects and enabling any settings other than
> > None I get the message "Desktop effects could not be enabled". I have
> > also installed Envy and am running that now, but still no joy. I am
> > trying to get Compiz Fusion to work.
> > 
> > The good news is I have been able to get dual monitors working which is
> > nice....
> > 
> > 
> > Any ideas???
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Jim O'Beirne
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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