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chango77745 05-10-2008 09:58 PM
Desktop effects could not be enabled
 
I am trying to add extra effects to my ubuntu 7.10 and everytime I try I get this error message

"Desktop effects could not be enabled"

Anyone know why??

Additional information: 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device

briced 05-11-2008 12:24 AM
be care ful if your video card cant handle it you might find yourself re-installing Ubuntu. I turned on the effects and had a black screen noway to fix it.

dudeman41465 05-11-2008 12:30 AM
If you get a black screen, ctrl+alt+f1 followed by:
Code:
sudo apt-get remove compiz
then
Code:
sudo shutdown -r now
and you "should" be back up and running.

In response to the original post you may not have compiz installed, try:
Code:
sudo apt-get install compiz
and then restart and see if the option is available.

chango77745 05-11-2008 01:00 AM
It says compiz is already the newest version

dudeman41465 05-11-2008 01:11 AM
Then it's probably just that your video card can't handle it, you could try going into the Compiz configuration manager thingy that's somewhere in the menus and turning off a lot of the things you don't want and only turning on specific things, then try turning on the Desktop Effects.

chango77745 05-11-2008 12:05 PM
What are the video card requirements to set the system to extra effects on compiz-fusion?


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