Re: HOW TO: Switch desktops in 3D view! Cool!
Couldnt get it to work following your directions... Nothing happens when I click on the icon that is made. Is there something else you forgot to add?
Re: HOW TO: Switch desktops in 3D view! Cool!
Works pretty neatly....only problem I had is that some of the screens came up green until I went to the manually first....*shrugs* oh well.
Re: HOW TO: Switch desktops in 3D view! Cool!
It would be cool if you could figure out how to link the 3ddesk command to a short key, e.g. ctrl + shift + 2 or similar.
Re: HOW TO: Switch desktops in 3D view! Cool!
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Works pretty neatly....only problem I had is that some of the screens came up green until I went to the manually first....*shrugs* oh well.
Use '3ddesk -acquire' first (maybe add it to your startup?) and it will take a snapshot of all your desktops. This will eliminate that small, yet rather unattractive problem. :D
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It would be cool if you could figure out how to link the 3ddesk command to a short key, e.g. ctrl + shift + 2 or similar.
This is quite possible, to do it just...
Go to System Tools > Configuration Editor.
Open apps > metacity > keybinding commands.
Double click on command_1, and in the value field, enter '3ddesk' (no quotes).
Now, go to apps > metacity > global keybindings and double click on "run command_1."
In the value enter your keyboard shortcut. I used <Control><Alt>P, but use whatever suits you...
Now, delete the custom launcher he told you to make in the original post...it's useless. :P
Hope I helped,
-Jason
By the way, I think he forgot to mention, you have to have your graphics card drivers installed and OpenGL working for this to function correctly.
EDIT 2: What is with the Windows XP Bliss wallpaper?! I'm not hating or anything...but people that use linux tend to customize a LITTLE more than that. Lol. Run over to http://www.deviantart.com and grab a nice desktop. (Sorry, I had to say something about it...)
Re: HOW TO: Switch desktops in 3D view! Cool!
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Originally Posted by astronerd
Couldnt get it to work following your directions... Nothing happens when I click on the icon that is made. Is there something else you forgot to add?
You need to install the drivers for your video card so opengl will work.
Re: HOW TO: Switch desktops in 3D view! Cool!
You need to install the drivers for your video card so opengl will work.
This installed fine...I just have same problem mentiond above by someone else, I click on the icon - nothng happens. At the risk of sounding dumb..how do I determine which drivers I need, then how do go about installing them?
Re: HOW TO: Switch desktops in 3D view! Cool!
I posted this on HOW-TO and it takes a long delay before they approve my post. So I've posted it in general too, so that I can update this frequently. See the updated post here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=100169
Re: HOW TO: Switch desktops in 3D view! Cool!
look at the manpage for some info... it's possible to "3ddesk --move-left" or something... you can set custom commands for pretty much anything
Re: HOW TO: Switch desktops in 3D view! Cool!
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Originally Posted by pixelPOET
Use '3ddesk -acquire' first ...
Thanks! I didn't know that! :D
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EDIT 2: What is with the Windows XP Bliss wallpaper?! I'm not hating or anything...but people that use linux tend to customize a LITTLE more than that. Lol. Run over to
http://www.deviantart.com and grab a nice desktop. (Sorry, I had to say something about it...)
Actually I was trying to make Ubuntu look and feel like Windows XP... someone in the forums asked for it - but I couldn't really do that with the bootup screen! That's about it! And thanks for deviantart link. I stopped using that quite some time back, glad you reminded me again! :D