how to disable compiz

[debian]

On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 02:14 -0800, Terence Wong wrote:
> Got a reply from John Toliver suggesting me to disable compiz, but I
> lost the original mail.
> Would someone tell me how I disable that in Gutsy?  My T40 probably
> does not have a very powerful graphic chips therefore the screen
> flicks at times.
> 
>  
> With best regards,
>  
> Terence Wong
> 
> 

there are a few ways you can do it 

the two i can think of are:
- sudo killall compiz

or (if you are using ubuntu 7.10)

- right click on the desktop, select "Change Desktop Background", click
"Visual Effects", click the "none" option

hth
--cj

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