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Discostu
Aug 13, 2008, 10:32:32 AM8/13/08
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Hi there,
Tried installing from the cd and it would hang near the end of the
scanning bar. Booted into the live cd and it installed fine from
there. The color of my desktop is really dark and an almost ugly
yellow color compared to the desktop shots on the Homepage. It seems a
bit slower then latest Ubuntu on boot up.
I have a network card and a wireless pci card installed. Just need to
figure out how to get the wireless card loaded and see if I can get
that working. Also when I try and change the desktop Appearance to
Normal I get a "Failed to execute child process "compiz" (No such file
or directory).
Any idea on how to fix the color of my desktop would be appreciated.
Currently running on:
Asus CUSL2-C
P3-800
512MB Ram
ATI radeon 128MB ALL-IN-WONDER Video Card
KVM'ed to a Dell 2005WFP monitor
Thanks..
Tried installing from the cd and it would hang near the end of the
scanning bar. Booted into the live cd and it installed fine from
there. The color of my desktop is really dark and an almost ugly
yellow color compared to the desktop shots on the Homepage. It seems a
bit slower then latest Ubuntu on boot up.
I have a network card and a wireless pci card installed. Just need to
figure out how to get the wireless card loaded and see if I can get
that working. Also when I try and change the desktop Appearance to
Normal I get a "Failed to execute child process "compiz" (No such file
or directory).
Any idea on how to fix the color of my desktop would be appreciated.
Currently running on:
Asus CUSL2-C
P3-800
512MB Ram
ATI radeon 128MB ALL-IN-WONDER Video Card
KVM'ed to a Dell 2005WFP monitor
Thanks..
Kevin
Aug 13, 2008, 12:18:30 PM8/13/08
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As for Compiz FX be sure to install or make sure you have installed
the following packages from your Synaptic Package Manager.
compiz-fusion-plugins-main
compizconfig-settings-manager
compiz-gnome
Make sure you've installed the restricted driver for that video card
under System --> Admin --> Hardware Drivers
As for the Yellow instead of Green and being slower that confuses me.
Get back to me on if any simple means like I listed fix it. If not
please post the output of your Xorg.
Kevin
the following packages from your Synaptic Package Manager.
compiz-fusion-plugins-main
compizconfig-settings-manager
compiz-gnome
Make sure you've installed the restricted driver for that video card
under System --> Admin --> Hardware Drivers
As for the Yellow instead of Green and being slower that confuses me.
Get back to me on if any simple means like I listed fix it. If not
please post the output of your Xorg.
Kevin
S Baker
Aug 13, 2008, 2:07:50 PM8/13/08
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Hi Kevin,
I checked my vid card drivers and they weren't enable. I enabled them.
I then checked to see if I had any of the compiz stuff you listed and
they weren't so I installed those. I've rebooted and tried to change
the appearance to either normal or extra and the Desktop looks like it
tries to change and an error window pops up saying Desktop effects
could not be enabled.
As for bootup speed I mean from when i turn the computer on to
finished desktop. It's no big deal. As for the color of the desktop I
am including an attachment of a screenshot of my desktop to give you
an idea of the color I mean. Hopefully on your end its the same as on
my end.
Thanks for the help so far...
Stuart...
I checked my vid card drivers and they weren't enable. I enabled them.
I then checked to see if I had any of the compiz stuff you listed and
they weren't so I installed those. I've rebooted and tried to change
the appearance to either normal or extra and the Desktop looks like it
tries to change and an error window pops up saying Desktop effects
could not be enabled.
As for bootup speed I mean from when i turn the computer on to
finished desktop. It's no big deal. As for the color of the desktop I
am including an attachment of a screenshot of my desktop to give you
an idea of the color I mean. Hopefully on your end its the same as on
my end.
Thanks for the help so far...
Stuart...
Discostu
Aug 13, 2008, 2:12:43 PM8/13/08
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Well I am looking at this screen shot I attached on my windows desktop
and it looks completely fine.
Dunno whats going on. Very wierd.
On Aug 13, 2:07 pm, "S Baker" <discostu.ba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
> I checked my vid card drivers and they weren't enable. I enabled them.
> I then checked to see if I had any of the compiz stuff you listed and
> they weren't so I installed those. I've rebooted and tried to change
> the appearance to either normal or extra and the Desktop looks like it
> tries to change and an error window pops up saying Desktop effects
> could not be enabled.
> As for bootup speed I mean from when i turn the computer on to
> finished desktop. It's no big deal. As for the color of the desktop I
> am including an attachment of a screenshot of my desktop to give you
> an idea of the color I mean. Hopefully on your end its the same as on
> my end.
> Thanks for the help so far...
> Stuart...
>
> 1991KViewDownload
and it looks completely fine.
Dunno whats going on. Very wierd.
On Aug 13, 2:07 pm, "S Baker" <discostu.ba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
> I checked my vid card drivers and they weren't enable. I enabled them.
> I then checked to see if I had any of the compiz stuff you listed and
> they weren't so I installed those. I've rebooted and tried to change
> the appearance to either normal or extra and the Desktop looks like it
> tries to change and an error window pops up saying Desktop effects
> could not be enabled.
> As for bootup speed I mean from when i turn the computer on to
> finished desktop. It's no big deal. As for the color of the desktop I
> am including an attachment of a screenshot of my desktop to give you
> an idea of the color I mean. Hopefully on your end its the same as on
> my end.
> Thanks for the help so far...
> Stuart...
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Kevin <KevinLeo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > As for Compiz FX be sure to install or make sure you have installed
> > the following packages from your Synaptic Package Manager.
> > compiz-fusion-plugins-main
> > compizconfig-settings-manager
> > compiz-gnome
>
> > Make sure you've installed the restricted driver for that video card
> > under System --> Admin --> Hardware Drivers
>
> > As for the Yellow instead of Green and being slower that confuses me.
> > Get back to me on if any simple means like I listed fix it. If not
> > please post the output of your Xorg.
>
> > Kevin
>
>
>
> desktop.png
>
> > As for Compiz FX be sure to install or make sure you have installed
> > the following packages from your Synaptic Package Manager.
> > compiz-fusion-plugins-main
> > compizconfig-settings-manager
> > compiz-gnome
>
> > Make sure you've installed the restricted driver for that video card
> > under System --> Admin --> Hardware Drivers
>
> > As for the Yellow instead of Green and being slower that confuses me.
> > Get back to me on if any simple means like I listed fix it. If not
> > please post the output of your Xorg.
>
> > Kevin
>
>
>
> 1991KViewDownload
Discostu
Aug 13, 2008, 2:30:34 PM8/13/08
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Well fixed the color problem. Ended up the vga cable attached to the
KVM switched was wiggled loose. Pushed it tightly on and all colors
are working fine.
Just need to get the visual effects thing worked out.
KVM switched was wiggled loose. Pushed it tightly on and all colors
are working fine.
Just need to get the visual effects thing worked out.
Kevin
Aug 13, 2008, 3:45:48 PM8/13/08
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I've submitted the compiz problem to the devs as you don't seem to be
the only one experiencing this, and I am sorry to say don't currently
have a solution. I'll look over everything later tonight once and get
back to you here.
the only one experiencing this, and I am sorry to say don't currently
have a solution. I'll look over everything later tonight once and get
back to you here.
Club17
Aug 15, 2008, 2:04:18 PM8/15/08
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Thank you!
Kevin
Aug 15, 2008, 7:30:55 PM8/15/08
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A Compiz Solution from the Devs!
Open your Sessions dialog located under Preferences. The last entry
should be titled xcompmgr, remove it.
Reboot and check Compiz from the Desktop FX dialog again.
If that doesn't work add the fusion-icon from your Synaptic and try
running compiz with it.
sudo apt-get install fusion-icon
XCompMgr allows the system to perform basic compositing without
compiz, unfortunately when you try to activate compiz, it interferes.
Open your Sessions dialog located under Preferences. The last entry
should be titled xcompmgr, remove it.
Reboot and check Compiz from the Desktop FX dialog again.
If that doesn't work add the fusion-icon from your Synaptic and try
running compiz with it.
sudo apt-get install fusion-icon
XCompMgr allows the system to perform basic compositing without
compiz, unfortunately when you try to activate compiz, it interferes.
Club17
Aug 16, 2008, 2:26:01 AM8/16/08
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Club17
Aug 16, 2008, 2:40:33 AM8/16/08
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Ohhhh!!! Only removing from synaptic, works! Thanks, Kevin.
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