Showing posts with label Compiz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Compiz. Show all posts

Composite extension not available

I'm posting this just in case I forget what I did to make my 3D effects work in Ubuntu 7.10 and Linux Mint with ATI Radeon Express 200M as my video card.

1. Make sure that the 3rd party driver for the video card is being used.
2. Go to /etc/X11 folder and run sudo gedit xorg.conf in the terminal
3. Make sure to change composit to enable from 0 as shown below:

Section "Extensions"
Option "
Composite" "enabled"
EndSection

from

Section "Extensions"
Option "
Composite" "0"
EndSection

4. Go to synaptic package manager and search for and install it
5. Also in synaptic package manager search and install compiz setting manager
6. Restart the computer
7. Lastly choose custom to enable the 3D effects under Appearance Preferences > Visual Effects


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Ubuntu 7.10 with compiz

Here's a sample of what Ubuntu 7.10 can do with Compiz installed.
You can see how the video streaming directly from the internet still keeps on playing even with the animation / effects I'm running.

Let's see Windows Vista do that!


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XGL/Compiz commands

I couldn't find much on the commands in Ubuntu for compiz, so I went searching.
Here is what I found and hope it helps others.

Credit: Website taken from.
Some commands to get you started, rember you can edit a lot through the gconf-editor.

o Switch windows = Alt+Tab
o Arrange and view all windows = Moving the pointer to the top right screen corner turns on or off; clicking a window will zoom it to the front
o Switch desktops on cube = Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right Arrow (or moving your mouse to the edge of your screen and rolling your mouse wheel)
o Switch desktops on cube with the active window following = Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Left/Right Arrow
o Rotate cube manually = Ctrl+Alt+Left-click and grab an empty desktop space.
o Make window translucent/opaque = Either with the “transset” utility or Alt+Mouse wheel (or right clicking on a window’s title bar, and selecting the settings from ‘Appearance’)
o Zoom in once = Super-key+Right-click
o Zoom in manually = Super-key+Mouse wheel up
o Zoom out manually = Super-key+Mouse wheel down
o Move window = Alt+Left-click
o Snap move window (will stick to borders) = Ctrl+Shift+Left-click
o Resize window = Alt+Right-click
o Bring up the window below the top window = Alt+Middle-click
o Slow-motion = Shift+F10
o Water = Hold Ctrl+Super key, and move mouse
o Rain = Shift-F9

Known Bug - Shift+Backspace equals logout
When you press shift and backspace, XGL will be terminated and you will be logged out, a temporary fix for this problem is entering the following in a terminal.

# xmodmap /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.us (or your country code)

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