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Old 01-13-2009, 06:30 PM   #1
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3d Desktop Effects within Fedora 10


I know it's pointless but I can't help myself, I want all the fancy 3d desktop effects. I've enabled the cube but I can't seem to get anything like the features I've seen running on Ubuntu & Sabayon. I've been looking into this compiz-fusion and Beryl.

From what I can gather it's meant to be included with Fedora 10, but how can I activate these programs. I can't find anything in add/remove programs for either of these applications. Could someone please explain how to get all the fancy special effects.

btw: I am using the 64-bit Fedora.
 
Old 01-13-2009, 09:18 PM   #2
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Look there:

http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/.../#compizfusion

With Compiz-Fusion, you'll be able to configure it and add whatever effects you like.

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Old 01-13-2009, 09:42 PM   #3
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you do need to install compz-fusion ( compz is in gnome by default)
SEE:
compiz-fusion 0.7.9 repo for F8 , F9 & F10 + guide for the official fedora packages
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=173317
and
http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/
 
Old 01-13-2009, 10:08 PM   #4
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Thanks. After posting I actually managed to get it working by following a guide I found here:

http://ranjith.itpublic.in/?p=24

It all seems to be running fine now
 
Old 01-14-2009, 03:41 AM   #5
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hey will 3d work on onboard graphics ???
i have Via Uni Chrome PRo VT3108:
 
Old 01-15-2009, 08:37 AM   #6
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Quote:
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hey will 3d work on onboard graphics ???
i have Via Uni Chrome PRo VT3108:
Yeah it should be fine but poss a little slower. I'm running Compiz-Fusion with shared intel gfx and it runs ok
 
Old 01-18-2009, 06:25 AM   #7
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ok didnt work :P
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr stupid onboard gfx card
 
Old 01-18-2009, 12:32 PM   #8
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myriadmagus dose the compiz test run with "ok's "
Code:
wget http://blogage.de/files/4359/download  -O compiz-check
chmod +x compiz-check
./compiz-check
my output
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./compiz-check

Gathering information about your system...

Distribution: Fedora release 9 (Sulphur)
Desktop environment: GNOME
Graphics chip: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)
Driver in use: nvidia
Rendering method: Nvidia

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...

Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [ OK ]
Checking for non power of two support... [ OK ]
Checking for composite extension... [ OK ]
Checking for FBConfig... [ OK ]
Checking for hardware/setup problems... [ OK ]
 
Old 01-19-2009, 07:20 AM   #9
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well i installed everything from the site mentioned above .. dont probably the driver not perfect or something but then when i clicked on enable Compiz fusion window it showed "compiz could not be enabled" and swirched back to default ..
 
  


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