[ubuntu-us-nc] Compiz and 7.10

[markthecarp]

Ara Yapejian wrote:
> The NVidia system is probably working correctly, you may just need to
> enable the compiz cube plugin I'm guessing.  Install the compiz-manager
> from the repositories and then fire it up and enable everything you need
> to, including cube and rotate cube plugins.  The other system, onboard
> video, I'm guessing has an intel based video system, lspci would show
> ... probably just need to install the correct intel drivers.
> 

And now I'll ditto Ara :-) With one addition, make sure you have four
desktops in the workspace switcher. Hum, maybe I said that before.

-mark

> 
> Melver C. Minton III wrote:
>> Greetings again.  Thanks to all for the helpful suggestions.  I'll dig a
>> bit deeper.  I'm actually running 7.10 on 2 different machines.  One has
>> a MB based graphics and won't run any fancy desktop effects yet.  The
>> other is using an Nvidia FX5500 card and the wobble works just not the
>> cube yet.  I ended up using restricted drivers but don't seem to have
>> any other problems.  I think part of my problem is I'm looking for
>> things the same way I do in windows and I have to stop that habit.  
>>
>> I did go out a buy a book on Ubuntu today and I think that will help.
>> I'll keep you posted on my results.  Taking baby steps is such fun.  
>>
>> PS.  I'm not a complete newbie,  I've been playing with fedora but after
>> loading werewolf and spending hours figuring out how to get my printer
>> to work and then seeing my son install 7.10 and setting up the printer
>> (network) in less that 10 minutes I just had to switch.
>>
>> Later,
>>
>> Mel
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 19:25 -0500, Ara Yapejian wrote:
>>   
>>> dido to Mark's comments, but also the output of 'glxinfo | grep vendor', 
>>> and your xorg.conf would probably be useful.  I have quite a bit 
>>> 'experience' with compiz on ati ... if you have ati, and are using the 
>>> restricted drivers you will need to whitelist the 'fglrx' driver in 
>>> '/usr/bin/compiz' and also comment out part of the file that sets the 
>>> variable right under 'whitelist', can't remember details, if you have 
>>> ati let me know and I'll get it for you.
>>>
>>> markthecarp wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Melver C. Minton III wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>>>> Greetings and Happy New Year.  Learning is such fun but sometimes the
>>>>> frustration is a bit to much.  I've installed compiz and some of the
>>>>> effects are working but I can't seem to find a reference on how to get
>>>>> the cube going.  I've been searching the forums but can't seem to nail
>>>>> down an answer.  Anyone out there that can help?
>>>>>
>>>>> Mel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>>         
>>>> Hey Mel,
>>>>
>>>> Welcome to Ubuntu and perhaps welcome to Linux as well (judging from
>>>> your forum post).
>>>>
>>>> I have compiz working so I might be able to help. I've two questions:
>>>> what video card/chipset do you have; and how many workspaces does the
>>>> "Workspace Switcher" show? The default location of the "Workspace
>>>> Switcher" is the lower right corner of your screen. The command "lspci |
>>>> grep VGA" should give you information on your video card.
>>>>
>>>> -mark
>>>>
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