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adamant715
July 23rd, 2008, 02:40 PM
It doesnt let me enable Compiz, it gives me an error saying "Desktop effects could not be enabled". Anyway I can enable the effects?

Soopa
July 23rd, 2008, 02:56 PM
Have you tried this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=809695)? The tips there are what worked for me.

adamant715
July 23rd, 2008, 03:46 PM
Yea, I tried the Compiz-Check and it says Skip on al of them then says I have a vesa driver.

Kevbert
July 23rd, 2008, 03:55 PM
Please post the output from terminal of
lspci
Compiz works on most nVidia, ATI and Intel graphics cards.

chris09
July 23rd, 2008, 04:12 PM
It doesnt let me enable Compiz, it gives me an error saying "Desktop effects could not be enabled". Anyway I can enable the effects?

Have you tried going into System-> Apperance-> and in the tabs select "Visual Effects" and select :Extra but you need an advance graphics card

adamant715
July 23rd, 2008, 05:26 PM
Please post the output from terminal of
lspci
Compiz works on most nVidia, ATI and Intel graphics cards.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:0a.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem (rev 02)

Kevbert
July 24th, 2008, 05:18 AM
Please take a look at this post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=675870).

adamant715
July 24th, 2008, 12:20 PM
That doesn't help anything, their using a complete different version than me. And when I try to choose drivers it doesn't have any.