Comments on: How to Enable Compiz Fusion in Ubuntu http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/ Technology News Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:05:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: ujodarko http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-142160 ujodarko Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:26:34 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-142160 Well, on my lap top xserver-xgl only slows down effects, and cube for example while moving with mouse has intermittent movements :( I've uninstall xserver-xgl and everything become normal except Emerald's themes still doesn't work :( Well, on my lap top xserver-xgl only slows down effects, and cube for example while moving with mouse has intermittent movements :(
I’ve uninstall xserver-xgl and everything become normal except Emerald’s themes still doesn’t work :(

]]> By: Anonymous http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-130934 Anonymous Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:52:30 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-130934 thanks. i have a nvidia geforce 6200. i have enabled the driver with the restricted drivers manager, then sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals -d 24 (as on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager/CompizFusion)and then update all software on the sistem, but did not worked. compiz was not complete. then i have instaled a few other things and after that i have done the steps in here. now it seems to work... thanks again. thanks. i have a nvidia geforce 6200. i have enabled the driver with the restricted drivers manager, then sudo nvidia-xconfig –add-argb-glx-visuals -d 24 (as on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager/CompizFusion)and then update all software on the sistem, but did not worked. compiz was not complete. then i have instaled a few other things and after that i have done the steps in here. now it seems to work… thanks again.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-128738 Ryan Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:37:06 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-128738 [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-128689" rel="nofollow">Nasir wrote:</a><blockquote>Thanks Ryan, For this help. it all finally worked on my dell 6400/1505 on ati 1400 . being a newbee on linux i had been struggling all over the place doing all sort of things. untill i came across your two short articles. Installed ubuntu fresh again and followed this article and the previous one and it all worked. Thank You very much again for posting this..</blockquote>[/div] Ha, I'm not surprised that it worked perfectly since we apparently have the same computer. :) What are the odds? Nasir wrote:
Thanks Ryan,
For this help. it all finally worked on my dell 6400/1505 on ati 1400 .
being a newbee on linux i had been struggling all over the place doing all sort of things. untill i came across your two short articles.
Installed ubuntu fresh again and followed this article and the previous one and it all worked. Thank You very much again for posting this..

Ha, I’m not surprised that it worked perfectly since we apparently have the same computer. :) What are the odds?

]]> By: Nasir http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-128689 Nasir Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:21:25 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-128689 Thanks Ryan, For this help. it all finally worked on my dell 6400/1505 on ati 1400 . being a newbee on linux i had been struggling all over the place doing all sort of things. untill i came across your two short articles. Installed ubuntu fresh again and followed this article and the previous one and it all worked. Thank You very much again for posting this.. Thanks Ryan,
For this help. it all finally worked on my dell 6400/1505 on ati 1400 .
being a newbee on linux i had been struggling all over the place doing all sort of things. untill i came across your two short articles.
Installed ubuntu fresh again and followed this article and the previous one and it all worked. Thank You very much again for posting this..

]]> By: Ubuntu 7.10 Clean Install First Impressions http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-120314 Ubuntu 7.10 Clean Install First Impressions Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:41:58 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-120314 [...] my Nvidia 6600GT graphics card and desktop effects worked first time! I also installed the Compiz configuration manager which enables you to customize the desktop [...] [...] my Nvidia 6600GT graphics card and desktop effects worked first time! I also installed the Compiz configuration manager which enables you to customize the desktop [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119756 Ryan Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:20:29 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119756 [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-119707" rel="nofollow">Pieter wrote:</a><blockquote>Imagine how long it took to develop all this… 8O</blockquote>[/div] I often wondered about that kind of stuff. Like how they are able to find the time to work on a project they are getting paid for, and how many people are actually involved in it. It's so smoothly done that it makes my friends drool when they see it. Pieter wrote:
Imagine how long it took to develop all this… 8O

I often wondered about that kind of stuff. Like how they are able to find the time to work on a project they are getting paid for, and how many people are actually involved in it. It’s so smoothly done that it makes my friends drool when they see it.

]]> By: Pieter http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119707 Pieter Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:31:23 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119707 Imagine how long it took to develop all this... 8O Imagine how long it took to develop all this… 8O

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119588 Ryan Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:34:31 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119588 [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-119564" rel="nofollow">Mohan wrote:</a><blockquote>Man Compiz-Fusion comes with so many options…loving it! :D</blockquote>[/div] I think I've spent a few hours playing with them all and getting them configured. It did way more than I had expected. The best thing about the configuration options is that you can customize all of the hotkeys. Mohan wrote:
Man Compiz-Fusion comes with so many options…loving it! :D

I think I’ve spent a few hours playing with them all and getting them configured. It did way more than I had expected. The best thing about the configuration options is that you can customize all of the hotkeys.

]]> By: Mohan http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119564 Mohan Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:01:47 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119564 Man Compiz-Fusion comes with so many options...loving it! :D Man Compiz-Fusion comes with so many options…loving it! :D

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119557 Ryan Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:28:43 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119557 [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-119445" rel="nofollow">Andre Sober wrote:</a><blockquote>Thank you for sharing this tip with me !</blockquote>[/div] Glad I can help! [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-119452" rel="nofollow">anonymous wrote:</a><blockquote>Not bashing Ubuntu, but I had no troubles enabling Compiz in Mandriva 2008. Mandriva is back into the game.</blockquote>[/div] It really just depends on your graphics card. People with the most popular graphics cards will probably slide through without any issues on both Ubuntu and Mandriva. [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-119519" rel="nofollow">Pieter wrote:</a><blockquote>When I installed the control panel that Ryan mentioned I realized how cool Compiz actually is. It’s not just eye candy, it also gives you access to lots of cool tools to manage your windows. Friggin’ awesome.</blockquote>[/div] It's definitely not just eye candy. The virtual desktop wall is super nice being able to drag stuff from one desktop to another. I also enjoy the Vista-like thumbnail previews when you hover over the programs in the "Taskbar". I think I had to enable that feature because it was disabled by default. [div id=commentquote]<a href="#comment-119529" rel="nofollow">Pieter wrote:</a><blockquote>Just found out that Compiz makes the Firefox window fade to gray when it’s frozen. Neat!</blockquote>[/div] I thought that was cool the first time that I saw it as well. Too bad that something cool like that often brings bad news (a.k.a. a program is frozen). Andre Sober wrote:
Thank you for sharing this tip with me !

Glad I can help!

anonymous wrote:
Not bashing Ubuntu, but I had no troubles enabling Compiz in Mandriva 2008. Mandriva is back into the game.

It really just depends on your graphics card. People with the most popular graphics cards will probably slide through without any issues on both Ubuntu and Mandriva.

Pieter wrote:
When I installed the control panel that Ryan mentioned I realized how cool Compiz actually is. It’s not just eye candy, it also gives you access to lots of cool tools to manage your windows. Friggin’ awesome.

It’s definitely not just eye candy. The virtual desktop wall is super nice being able to drag stuff from one desktop to another. I also enjoy the Vista-like thumbnail previews when you hover over the programs in the “Taskbar”. I think I had to enable that feature because it was disabled by default.

Pieter wrote:
Just found out that Compiz makes the Firefox window fade to gray when it’s frozen. Neat!

I thought that was cool the first time that I saw it as well. Too bad that something cool like that often brings bad news (a.k.a. a program is frozen).

]]> By: Pieter http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119529 Pieter Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:14:48 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119529 Just found out that Compiz makes the Firefox window fade to gray when it's frozen. Neat! Just found out that Compiz makes the Firefox window fade to gray when it’s frozen. Neat!

]]> By: Pieter http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119519 Pieter Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:12:50 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119519 I actually tried to get Ubuntu's desktop effects running this very weekend. I couldn't even get Compiz to start, it just returned an error saying "Desktop effects could not be enabled". I won't get into the details, but it had something to do with my X server configuration file. When I installed the control panel that Ryan mentioned I realized how cool Compiz actually is. It's not just eye candy, it also gives you access to lots of cool tools to manage your windows. Friggin' awesome. I also thought that Compiz was some tough application that my cheap video card couldn't handle. Well, I turned out to be wrong about that. I'm impressed. I actually tried to get Ubuntu’s desktop effects running this very weekend. I couldn’t even get Compiz to start, it just returned an error saying “Desktop effects could not be enabled”. I won’t get into the details, but it had something to do with my X server configuration file.

When I installed the control panel that Ryan mentioned I realized how cool Compiz actually is. It’s not just eye candy, it also gives you access to lots of cool tools to manage your windows. Friggin’ awesome.

I also thought that Compiz was some tough application that my cheap video card couldn’t handle. Well, I turned out to be wrong about that. I’m impressed.

]]> By: anonymous http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119452 anonymous Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:45:34 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119452 Not bashing Ubuntu, but I had no troubles enabling Compiz in Mandriva 2008. Mandriva is back into the game. Not bashing Ubuntu, but I had no troubles enabling Compiz in Mandriva 2008. Mandriva is back into the game.

]]> By: Andre Sober http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119445 Andre Sober Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:00:18 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119445 Great help of you. The Compiz Fusion is a joy to look at. I like to use it for my visual presentations which are more impressive since Compiz is used as a part of it. Thank you for sharing this tip with me ! Great help of you.

The Compiz Fusion is a joy to look at.
I like to use it for my visual presentations which are more impressive since Compiz is used as a part of it.

Thank you for sharing this tip with me !

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119390 Ryan Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:37:29 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119390 That's true, and I included that in step 3 above. The screenshot of the configuration screen is located at the end of the article. I just chose not to go the terminal route to get it done, because I prefer GUI's for installing packages. That’s true, and I included that in step 3 above. The screenshot of the configuration screen is located at the end of the article. I just chose not to go the terminal route to get it done, because I prefer GUI’s for installing packages.

]]> By: 13 ideas http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119350 13 ideas Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:36:24 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/21/how-to-enable-compiz-fusion-in-ubuntu/#comment-119350 I'm new to Ubuntu but in this Lifehacker screenshot tour [http://tinyurl.com/2gppgt] they include information on turning on Compiz Fusion... " ...those who want multiple desktops on a cube, flaming windows and other effects will need to install the extensive Compiz settings manager: sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager " I’m new to Ubuntu but in this Lifehacker screenshot tour [http://tinyurl.com/2gppgt] they include information on turning on Compiz Fusion…

” …those who want multiple desktops on a cube, flaming windows and other effects will need to install the extensive Compiz settings manager:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager “

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