Desktop decoration

[miggols99]

Try running

sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-8-8-x86.x86_64.run

[mailtwogopal]

Hi miggols,

Same error thrown.

gopal@gopal-desktop:~$ sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-8-8-x86.x86_64.run
sh: Can't open ./ati-driver-installer-8-8-x86.x86_64.run

[mailtwogopal]

Hi billgold,

I followed the link "customizing ubuntu". One of the thing dint work for me is setting window borders, menus transparent. I set all the steps it stated, but it dint work for me. Also can any one help with this?

[zxscooby]

A red stapler maybe, and some multi-colored post it notes.

[Saint Angeles]

Hi miggols,

Same error thrown.

gopal@gopal-desktop:~$ sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-8-8-x86.x86_64.run
sh: Can't open ./ati-driver-installer-8-8-x86.x86_64.run

dude... navigate to your desktop first (cd Desktop) then run the sh ati... command

[mailtwogopal]

Hi saint,

Am posting the result of using command cd desktop below:

gopal@gopal-desktop:~$ cd desktop
bash: cd: desktop: No such file or directory

[jespdj]

Desktop, not desktop. Filenames are case sensitive.

cd Desktop

[mailtwogopal]

Hi jespdj,

Ya i tried that option, it worked. So i was following all the steps from here. At the end as suggested i restarted my PC. All of a sudden after booting, i got a screen which has colours splashing here and there, in which i can do nothing. Only my mouse works. i restarted and tried again, even then i landed to same screen (Probably its a login screen which looks so) as above in which i can do nothing. Then i restarted again and in grub boot loader i booted thru recovery mode and chose the option to "repair broken package" and checked "Xorg" one time and resumed to normal boot. Now it is working fine. But i am not sure what the change may happened because i can't feel it. any way i executed command "lspci" and the result is below:

gopal@gopal-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Xpress 200 Host Bridge (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:11.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 81)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200]
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

Why i pasted the above code is to check with you guys whether the graphics card what i have suits to it or not. Thats why. Expecting replies.

[Saint Angeles]

what does

glxinfo | grep direct

give ya?

(i'm really really sorry if i didn't say that politely)

[mailtwogopal]

Hi saint,

here is the result:

gopal@gopal-desktop:~$ glxinfo | grep direct
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

What is it for basically?