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    Desktop effects with all in wonder 128 pro?

    Has anyone had any luck with any desktop effects with this card? I get the "desktop effects could not be enabled" when changing to normal. I know some cards are not compatible but is there anyone out there with this card and has had luck?

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    Re: Desktop effects with all in wonder 128 pro?

    Quote Originally Posted by tbma2008 View Post
    Has anyone had any luck with any desktop effects with this card? I get the "desktop effects could not be enabled" when changing to normal. I know some cards are not compatible but is there anyone out there with this card and has had luck?
    Hi and welcome, please do not make multiple threads on the same subject. I had a similar card and could not enable the desktop effect so I would believe on that model would be the same. Could you post the output of the command
    Code:
    lspci
    to verify the model of the graphics card. Look for VGA in the output of that command.

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    Re: Desktop effects with all in wonder 128 pro?

    i apologize.... i wasnt sure if i should post twice being that it might fit both categories. But thanks for the reply... here is the results


    Code:
    00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]
    00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP]
    00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PD/PRO TMDS
    00:06.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems 56k WinModem (rev 01)
    00:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
    00:0b.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
    00:0b.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
    00:0b.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02)
    00:0c.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20276 (MBFastTrak133 Lite) (rev 01)
    00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
    00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
    00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23)
    00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23)
    00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 40)

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    Re: Desktop effects with all in wonder 128 pro?

    Pre-radeon - Cards older than the original Radeon 7000 (such as the Rage cards) have no 3d acceleration available.
    Source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedDrivers/ATI

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    Re: Desktop effects with all in wonder 128 pro?

    I had one of these, the 128 rage and although under win me I could play pc games games glxgears only gave about 50 fps. I know this is not a real benchmark.

    There is no way you'll get desktop effects with this card.

    My old machine was a 1999 pentium 3 and it ran ubuntu well for internet and mail but for anything else very slow.

    New machine runs great.

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    Re: Desktop effects with all in wonder 128 pro?

    thank you i finally have my answer

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    Re: Desktop effects with all in wonder 128 pro?

    Here are two links that may interest you:
    enabling CF on open source "ati" cards: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=764633
    compiz-check script: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=799070

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