trouble enabling desktop effects

[Jfire03]

I'm installing ubuntu 7.10. This is my first time using and installing Ubuntu. I'm trying to enable desktop effects, i have an Ati Mobility Radeon X1300 and have already installed the driver. First I had an error and fixed it by downloading some packages that needed to be downloaded, xserver something. Now I just have a message saying "desktop effects could not be enabled". I have no idea what's going on.

can anyone help?

[opferstad]

I have exactly the same problem. Why doesn't people have a solution for this? :P

[Forlong]

Do you have the exact same graphics card?

What's the output of compiz in a terminal?

[opferstad]

Yup, got an ATI Mobility Radeon x1300. The output of compiz was:

Checking for Xgl: not present.
No whitelisted driver found
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity

[vmaric]

Hi evryone
Can you helpmy_?

Ican not enable panel options like work space switcher and window lists ...
end my button panel is clear wen opened some aplication.
Wen click on them end try to enable it system give message:

The panel encontered a problem while loading
"OAFIID:GNOME_ShowDesktopApplet

what i can do?

[vmaric]

I have ubuntu 7.04 and gnome desktop

[Forlong]

Yup, got an ATI Mobility Radeon x1300. The output of compiz was:
Checking for Xgl: not present.
No whitelisted driver found
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity
It seems like you have the restricted driver installed. You have to use Xgl then:
sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl


@vmaric: please start your own thread for this problem.

[JPorter]

The fglrx driver for ATI cards is currently blacklisted for use with Compiz.


The new 8.42.3 driver should fix this, but it hasn't yet been rolled out to the repositories. If you want to use fglrx you'll either have to wait, or manually compile 8.42.3 and de-blacklist the driver for Compiz. There are instructions for doing that somewhere around here.

[opferstad]

It seems like you have the restricted driver installed. You have to use Xgl then:
sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl


@vmaric: please start your own thread for this problem.

That worked. I can activate the desktop effects now.

Thanks!