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Heartless Angel
October 2nd, 2007, 09:26 AM
is there anyone out there who has gotten compiz/compiz fusion, or whatever running on an intel iMac?? 17" preferably. and if so, how in the bloody hell did you do it. i am literally going out of my mind here. lol. this whole compiz thing is ridiculously complicated. but hey, price of greatness right?? lol.

anyone who has some answers on this, please give me what you got.
cyberdork33
October 2nd, 2007, 11:15 AM
is there anyone out there who has gotten compiz/compiz fusion, or whatever running on an intel iMac?? 17" preferably. and if so, how in the bloody hell did you do it. i am literally going out of my mind here. lol. this whole compiz thing is ridiculously complicated. but hey, price of greatness right?? lol.

anyone who has some answers on this, please give me what you got.

Need some more info.

What graphics card, Intel or ATI?

What version of Ubuntu?
Heartless Angel
October 2nd, 2007, 11:33 AM
im on a 17" intel iMac. it has X1600 ATI video. 1 gig of ram. and im using Ubuntu Ultimate 1.5, however, it is esentially Ubuntu feisty 7.04, with a lot of programs installed from the get go.
its pretty much the same computer as you have, yours is jus a newer verion of it.
is that what you needed??
cyberdork33
October 2nd, 2007, 01:07 PM
im on a 17" intel iMac. it has X1600 ATI video. 1 gig of ram. and im using Ubuntu Ultimate 1.5, however, it is esentially Ubuntu feisty 7.04, with a lot of programs installed from the get go.
its pretty much the same computer as you have, yours is jus a newer verion of it.
is that what you needed??

Yes. The difference is that the 20" iMac only comes with ATI graphics. The 17" had ATI or Intel.

Note ATI requires XGL for compositing, so you need to get 3D acceleration working and XGL installed (and running) before Compiz-Fusion will work.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=488385
Greywhind
October 2nd, 2007, 03:44 PM
I used the guide cyberdork33 posted a while back on an Intel iMac with an x1600, and it worked well.

However, in about a month, (hopefully - I have doubts that they'll actually come through this time) ATI's drivers will support AIGLX so it won't be necessary to use XGL anymore.
cyberdork33
October 2nd, 2007, 04:04 PM
However, in about a month, (hopefully - I have doubts that they'll actually come through this time) ATI's drivers will support AIGLX so it won't be necessary to use XGL anymore.
And even if they don't, XGL is a lot easier in Gutsy. just install and you are done, no need for all the scripts.