no desktop effects on ubuntu 7.1

[nima352000]

i just installed ubuntu 7.1 and im trying to get some desktop effects (cube and beryl or some other cool stuff) when i click on system> preferences , there is no such a thing as desktop effect :| do i need to download any package for that ? if so how should i do that ?
im new to linux i dont know much about it.

[FuturePilot]

It's now under System>Preferences>Appearance. Go to the Special Effects tab

[ReloadedFusion]

Hi,

In Ubuntu 7.10 this has now been moved to the System->Preferences->Apperance applet simpy run this then click the Visual effects tab and click on extra. The cube will however need more setup a good guide on this can be found here:

http://forlong.blogage.de/article/2007/8/29/How-to-set-up-Compiz-Fusion

Hope this helps

[Toadmund]

System>Preferences>Appearance>Visual effects>Extra

That will get compiz working, pretty neat!

No cube yet, don't think compiz has a cube, let me check...

Isn't beryl and compiz merged now, or somethin'?

[arron]

Ok, tryen this and I get "The Composite extension is not available" and defaults back to none when i try to select "Extra". I have the restricted drivers installed, with an ATI 200M video card.

Can anyone help?

[Toadmund]

Put this into terminal:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl

Then try again.
From this post here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=569654&highlight=compiz+cube

[nima352000]

Thanks guys , i got it all to work :P
one thing i need to get some cool themes . i install emerald theme maneger and i download some themes package but when u install it it just changes the window frame color and style, how can i get a themes that changes icons and background and everything ?