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mayur_rathi90
February 20th, 2010, 09:14 AM
hey guys
i am trying to apply desktop effects on my ubuntu 9.10 to advanced
but it shows "looking for installed hardware"
and then "desktop effects could not be applied"
can anyone help me out
i have ati redeon xpress 1250 graphics card

aviedw
February 20th, 2010, 09:20 AM
You might not have the correct driver support to run that graphics card and the Extra effects. I dont have a great understanding of Ati graphics card configuring but i know Envy is a great program for finding drivers for graphics cards and it might help you. If its not already installed,

Go to Terminal type

sudo apt-get install Envy

when its done run the program and see what drivers it finds to use with your ati card, then apply them and see how they work and check back with the forum. I hope this helps.

Good Luck.