Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 8.04 Lts Desktop (Nvidia Geforce FX 5200)
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Linux Submitted by falko (Contact Author ) ( Forums ) on Sun, 2008 05 04 17:15. :: Ubuntu | Desktop
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Debian Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200)
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Author: Falko Timme <ft [at] falkotimme [dot] com>
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Last edited 04/29/2008
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This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) desktop (the system must have
PCLinuxOS
a 3Dcapable graphics card I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D
SuSE effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop.
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1 Preliminary Note
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I have tried this on a desktop computer with an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200. It should work the same way with all other NVIDIA
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... and then on the Restart Now button to reboot the system:
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After the reboot the system uses the proprietary NVIDIA graphics driver.
3 Installing Compiz Fusion
Open the Synaptic Package Manager (System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager ):
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You can use the search function to find the packages we need. These are:
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Click on the checkbox to the left of the two packages and select Mark for Installation :
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If a package has dependencies, accept these dependencies by clicking on the Mark button:
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Afterwards, the packages are being downloaded and installed:
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After all packages have been installed, you can close the Synaptic Package Manager :
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fine!
Submitted by dkavraal (registered user) on Sun, 2008 0511 16:57.
it works without problem; thanks...
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About a defect in this chipset
Submitted by gsiliceo (registered user) on Sun, 2008 0504 22:17.
There has been a recurrent problem with some distros and this card(try googling fx5200 boot linux), it is solved adding
blacklist intel_agp to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, maybe you'd want to add this just in case.
The problem is that the kernel panics at boot.
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