Ubuntu 7.10 and COmpiz

[Kristian Erik Hermansen]

On Feb 19, 2008 6:32 PM, Jose <jtc-vS8X3Ji+8Wg6e3DpGhMbh2oLBQzVVOGK at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I have upgraded my home computer from 7.04 to 7.10, and everything
> worked ok, I wanted to try the compiz thing, and I uploaded the
> packages, including the core, manager, plugins. I also configured my ATI
> Radeon x1600 crad with the latest driver from ATI, and the screen
> manager shows
> me that my graphic card is fglrx, I had to disabled thie driver from the
> black list file, but I can't turn on the special effects, it keeps
> telling me that it can't enable them, not even the basic ones, I can see
> the compiz manager configured already but it's not working.
>
> Not sure if the ATI drives are properly configured, as I still see MESA
> when I run the fglxinfo program.
>
> Any advice would be welcome

On Ubuntu, if your card is supported by the drivers in the
repositories, all you need to do is this...
$ sudo resticted-manager
...now check the box for your video card, modprobe, and restart Xorg
(or just reboot)
System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Visual Effects
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