new to unbuntu/Linux and need some Wisdom HELP!!!!!!!

by dalogos Sep 15, 2009 7:48AM PDT

Like i said i am new to Ubuntu i currently have it in stalled but my problem is i can't change the visual effects also I'm trying to get cube to work. it states that i don't have the proprietary drivers installed under hardware drivers. when i try to chane the visual effects its says desktop effect could not be enabled. i can build a windows based system from scratch. and i want to learn more about Linux any help is appreciated

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You are trying to get cube to work?

by ahtoi Sep 15, 2009 11:35AM PDT

What is that? Are we talking about screen saver or desktop theme or what. I ask because I don't use Ubuntu; I am not sure exactly what you are referring to.

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Compiz fusion

by dalogos Sep 15, 2009 9:32PM PDT

I'm trying to get compiz fusion to work i have installed the program via help from other forums. My only trouble is that im so use to windows with the way you retrieve and and add drivers but on Linux/Ubuntu I'm lost anyway under hardware drivers it doesn't list anything it say no proprietary driver found

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I'll take a wild guess it's something from Compiz....

by MrKassner Sep 15, 2009 1:05PM PDT

...or just basic Ubuntu visual effects. Go to the "System" menu - "Administration" menu - click "Hardware Drivers". There their should be a driver(s) waiting for your permission to download/install and one of them will be your graffics card. After you install that you will probably have to restart the system then you can use visual effects.

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visual effets & Compiz

by dalogos Sep 15, 2009 9:35PM PDT

Yeah your right i'm trying to accomplish both, but under the hardware drivers it doesn't show anything in the list it say no proprietary driver found.

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Ahh.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 15, 2009 10:43PM PDT

About that message. Last time I "googled" that message and found out what to do next.

HOWEVER some machines do not have such a driver. I read your posts twice and missed the machine details so you may want to point out what video card is in this machine.
Bob

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I'm still new to Linux myself so...

by MrKassner Sep 16, 2009 2:04AM PDT

...I'm kinda out of ideas. I was just speaking from self experience. I use Xubuntu with Compiz now. 99% of the time you can find what you need by asking your question on Google, theirs always a tutorial somewhere, or just wait another day or two I'm sure someone in here can help. I've got tons of help from people in here. Lol.

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Yeah, I think the video card need to have openGL 2

by ahtoi Sep 16, 2009 2:07AM PDT

even with that, if the computer is not up to par, it's not going to run well for 3D effect.

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Why I switched to Xubuntu with Compiz...

by MrKassner Sep 16, 2009 2:15AM PDT

...even though I'm on a strong computer, this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qddueXkD8E) proves you can do a lot more on older computers by using Xfce even with Compiz. I used this (http://xubuntublog.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/xubuntu-compiz-pretty-pretty-xubuntu/) tutorial to do it which wasn't too hard.

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It looks like fun.

by ahtoi Sep 16, 2009 4:15AM PDT

Maybe I'll give it a try again.

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still not solved?

by GODhack Sep 17, 2009 9:33PM PDT

Then tell us what kind of vgs you have?
Best way to tell is to tell output of command:
sudo lspci | grep VGA

Or google youself with same output.

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Hardware Drivers

by 3rdalbum Oct 2, 2009 9:44PM PDT

You need to know what graphics card or chipset you have in order to find out what driver you need (if any).

One of the posters already gave you a tip for how to get a list of installed hardware.

If the Hardware Drivers program doesn't show anything, then you might need to connect to the Internet and hit the Reload button in Synaptic Package Manager, in order to reload the package list so Ubuntu can find the driver package.

Only ATI and Nvidia video drivers (and drivers for other sorts of hardware) will be displayed in the Hardware Drivers program, so if your card has official open-source drivers or ONLY unofficial open-source drivers, these will already be preinstalled and already in use.

In particular, SiS and VIA graphics chipsets will not support Compiz. They're not good enough, and I generally advise everyone to avoid computers built around those graphics chips.

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