setting effects with Classic desktop?

[Jesse Palser]

On 05/09/2011 06:02 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 05/09/2011 12:06 PM, Florin Andrei wrote:
>> I gave Unity a try, but it's a bit weird on dual screen, plus the panel
>> applets don't work. So I'll skip it for now.
>>
>> Back to Classic desktop. But I can't seem to find the place where I
>> could customize the desktop effects. Before, I could choose no effects,
>> a small amount of effects, or full effects. I can't find that setting
>> anymore. It looks like it's either full effects or no effects, which is
>> not what I want.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
> It's not a bug... wait for it now... it's a feature!
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/701301>
>
> You can no longer turn visual effects off/on from gnome-control-center
> or System|Preferences|Appearance|Visual Effects, but instead have to log
> out/in and select:
> 'Ununtu Classic'
> or
> 'Ubuntu Classic (No effects)'
>
> Isn't that clever...
Hi,

You have to log into "Ubuntu Classic Desktop".

Then you need to go into "Synaptic Package Manager"
and search for "compiz settings manager" and install that.

Then you can go into "CompizConfig Settings Manager"
to modify desktop effects.

Enjoy!

Jesse