I cant enable extra effect in 10.10

**ravij96** · February 14th, 2011

Originally Posted by Dustin2128

what kind of gfx chip are you using, nvidia, ATI, intel? Some cards may not be able to handle compiz (very very old ones) and most need proprietary drivers installed as noted above.

Also I am using an ATI and it use to work I am not home right now and will try the fixes when I get home

**VinDSL** · February 14th, 2011

An easy way to see (and control) if Metacity compositing is enabled is to use a proggie called Ubuntu Tweak.

All you have to do is check/uncheck the box at the bottom.

**ravij96** · February 14th, 2011

Ok so I switched to Compiz but still the same problem so then I installed the compiz icon and if i switch to compiz I can put my graphics to what ever i want but the title bar missing. Also, the title bar is only missing in extra and normal

**ravij96** · February 14th, 2011

Also I ran SKIP_CHECKS=yes compiz and this came uo

libccs: dlopen: /usr/lib/compizconfig/backends/libgconf.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
kde-window-decorator(2641) KWD::KDecorationPlugins::loadPlugin: kwin : path "" for "kwin3_oxygen"
kde4-window-decorator: Could not enable decorations on display ":0.0"
kde-window-decorator(2639) KWD::KDecorationPlugins::loadPlugin: kwin : path "" for "kwin3_oxygen"
kde4-window-decorator: Could not enable decorations on display ":0.0"

**ravij96** · February 15th, 2011

I fixed the problem by reinstalling thanks for the help.

**VinDSL** · February 15th, 2011

Originally Posted by ravij96

I fixed the problem by reinstalling thanks for the help.

Good deal!

**ravij96** · February 15th, 2011

Originally Posted by VinDSL

Good deal!

Yep all though not the best option to fix the problem because of the fact that you can lose data after the reinstall I only had Ubuntu for 2 days. So it will be easy to recover everything.

**VinDSL** · February 15th, 2011

Originally Posted by ravij96

Yep all though not the best option [...] I only had Ubuntu for 2 days.

Oh! I thought you meant you reinstalled Compiz - not the whole enchilada. Yikes!

Sometimes Compiz gets hopelessly jacked up, and the only option is to reinstall Compiz.

That's why I keep a "cheat sheet" handy, with all of my favorite Compiz settings.

Reinstalling is very simple, using the Synaptic (Package Manager).

Whenever you click on an installed package in Synaptic, it gives you several options:

Mark for Reinstallation
Mark for Removal
Mark for Complete Removal

Anyway, next time Compiz pukes -- and it will -- just reinstall Compiz.

**ravij96** · February 15th, 2011

Originally Posted by VinDSL

Oh! I thought you meant you reinstalled Compiz - not the whole enchilada. Yikes!

Sometimes Compiz gets hopelessly jacked up, and the only option is to reinstall Compiz.

That's why I keep a "cheat sheet" handy, with all of my favorite Compiz settings.

Reinstalling is very simple, using the Synaptic (Package Manager).

Whenever you click on an installed package in Synaptic, it gives you several options:

Mark for Reinstallation
Mark for Removal
Mark for Complete Removal

Anyway, next time Compiz pukes -- and it will -- just reinstall Compiz.

Wow nice to know thanks. Hey my question is my partition use to be 29.1gb now its 27 gb what happen? Should I kind of wanted to ask here since starting a new thread might be pointless.