Some desktop effects problems

[Mr dirt]

Do you guys know how to enable the compiz effect(dont know what its called) in which you drop a window and there is a water like ripple effect in the background? Like if you pull a window and place it on the desktop it has a ripple effect.

[jacobmp92]

You'll want to search System > Administration > Synaptic for packages relating to "compiz". Install one called "ccsm" and another that I think goes by the name of compiz-fusion-plugins-extra. Then, go to System > Preferences > Advanced Desktop Effects Settings. Enable the water plugin, and hit Shift + F9 to make it start raining on your desktop. ;)

[Mr dirt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BhcfVvm1I4

I already have the plugin you are talking about. I need some other plugins that I dont have at the moment.
At 226 of this vid is the effect I am looking for. Other effects like snow and dolphins inside the cube are absent as well. Once again I have the one you mentioned with shift f9, plus fire grafitti, animations, etc.... but I am missing some hope someone knows how to hook this up.

[jacobmp92]

The package compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported will get you going then.

[Mr dirt]

I dont see that in synaptic any other way to install it?

[Forlong]

compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported is not (and has never been) part of Ubuntu.
Ubuntu only provides official (and therefore supported) plugins.

The effect you are referring to is not a part of Compiz or Compiz Fusion. There has been a hack in Beryl to do that but it hasn't been ported to Compiz Fusion, because it was regarded too hacky to be maintainable.

[jacobmp92]

My bad, I'm running Intrepid which has the package. :D