Sorry, I thinking Mint Maya . Are you able to use Ubuntu or Ubuntu 2D . I ask because 2D doesn't use Compiz. What is the output of
lspci -v
howhy@UbuntuDesk:~$ lspci -v
00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8239
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8239
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8239
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 5
I/O ports at fc00 [size=64]
I/O ports at 1c00 [size=64]
I/O ports at 1c40 [size=64]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
Kernel modules: nv_tco, i2c-nforce2
00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8239
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel
00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8239
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at fe02f000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8239
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at fe02e000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:04.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8239
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pata_amd
Kernel modules: pata_amd
00:05.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8239
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4]
I/O ports at 0970 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4]
I/O ports at dc00 [size=16]
Memory at fe02d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sata_nv
Kernel modules: sata_nv
00:05.1 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8239
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 09e0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0be0 [size=4]
I/O ports at 0960 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0b60 [size=4]
I/O ports at c800 [size=16]
Memory at fe02c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sata_nv
Kernel modules: sata_nv
00:05.2 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8239
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
I/O ports at c400 [size=8]
I/O ports at c000 [size=4]
I/O ports at bc00 [size=8]
I/O ports at b800 [size=4]
I/O ports at b400 [size=16]
Memory at fe02b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sata_nv
Kernel modules: sata_nv
00:06.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
Capabilities: <access denied>
00:06.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 81f6
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at fe024000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:08.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8239
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
Memory at fe02a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at b000 [size=8]
Memory at fe029000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Memory at fe028000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
Kernel modules: forcedeth
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:0f.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
Memory behind bridge: f8000000-fbffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000efffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: <access denied>
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
Flags: fast devsel
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
Flags: fast devsel
Kernel modules: amd64_edac_mod
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: k8temp
Kernel modules: k8temp
07:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G80 [GeForce 8800 GTS] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: BFG Tech Device 040f
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at ac00 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fbfe0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia_173, nvidia_current, nouveau, nvidiafb
with maya I meant 3d modeling software Autodesk Maya ;)