Compiz and googleearth, tuxkart, torcs, etc

[Mario Vukelic]

On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 09:37 +0200, Alain Muls wrote:
> If I have to remove 
> compiz (how do I proceed) than I prefer not have a rotating cube but
> the acceleration available for eg googleearth.

In the worst case (that is, if compiz and these OpenGL apps cannot be
mad to work at the same time with your graphics card), you can
temporarily deactivate compiz easily from menu System > Preferences >
Appearance > tab Visual Effects. At least that is the location in Ubuntu
8.04. Set it to "none" when you want to run other OpenGL apps.