3d Desktop Effects within Fedora 10

Samael · 01-13-2009, 06:30 PM

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.

Iltbreg · 01-13-2009, 09:18 PM

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.

John VV · 01-13-2009, 09:42 PM

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/

Samael · 01-13-2009, 10:08 PM

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

decodedthought · 01-14-2009, 03:41 AM

hey will 3d work on onboard graphics ???
i have Via Uni Chrome PRo VT3108:

Samael · 01-15-2009, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by myriadmagus

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

decodedthought · 01-18-2009, 06:25 AM

ok didnt work :P
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr stupid onboard gfx card

John VV · 01-18-2009, 12:32 PM

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

Quote:

./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 ]

decodedthought · 01-19-2009, 07:20 AM

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 ..