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the8thstar
October 27th, 2009, 07:29 PM
I use a 945 intel graphics card. I upgraded to 9.10 RC and now the desktop effects can't be enabled anymore. Is this a transition problem or this yet another case of poor support for Intel chipsets?

Thanks for your help.

BigG123
October 27th, 2009, 07:33 PM
No, they work for me. Try going to System > Administration > Hardware Drivers. Activate graphics drivers.

howefield
October 27th, 2009, 07:36 PM
I use a 945 intel graphics card. I upgraded to 9.10 RC and now the desktop effects can't be enabled anymore.

Getting to be an annual thing for you ;)

Couldn't be the answer here ?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=947230

the8thstar
October 27th, 2009, 09:37 PM
Good call howefield! You seem to keep better track of things than I do!

Anyway, I tried my old trick, and here is the difference between the new and the old xorg.conf

NEW :


Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
Option "EXAOptimizeMigration" "true"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
Option "Tiling" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

OLD:



Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

So... what do I do with the new options?

the8thstar
October 28th, 2009, 10:34 AM
I replaced the new xorg.conf with the old one. No joy. Desktop effects still can't be enabled. Darn.

Anyone has a solution for this? For the record, I upgraded to 9.10 on my old P4 with an 256Mb nVidia gfx and desktop effects run more smoothly than ever. So I'm puzzled as to what to do next.

the8thstar
October 31st, 2009, 12:45 AM
All my problems came to an end with a fresh install!