desktop effects could not be enabled

Can you give more information about your hardware, expecially which graphic card do you have on your pc?

yea ok but can you give me the command to know the axact praphic card im using,, its intel but can u plz send me the command,, thx

Ever had Windows?

Ever had Windows?

yeah im using windows vista and ubuntu at the same time on 2 different har disk partitions

Hi Ihab,

run the following command in terminal.

lspci | grep VGA

Most probably you will find some information on the internet how to proceed further.

If you have an ATI card you can use this link https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI .

Andreas

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
thats wut it gave me after the command u told me 2 write.... is ther anyway i could enable the desktop efects?? thx alot

I had the same problem, are you using the restricted drivers for you video card, try going to System--> Administration --> Restricted Drivers Manager and enabling the drivers listed there. Restart and try changing it again.

its already enabled,,,, anymore thoughts?

Good morning all,
What is the graphics driver that you're using? You can find out by going to System -> Admin. -> Screens and Graphics under the "Graphics Card" tab. If you're using the "expermental" intel driver you may wish to use the i810 driver instead for the time being.

Would you mind attaching your xorg.conf file? It can be found at /etc/X11/xorg.conf and opened in the Applications -> Accesories -> Text Editor (read only)

Cheers,
Kristopher Ives

i have tried to go on System--> Administration --> Restricted Drivers Manager and enabling the drivers listed there. Restart and try changing it again. but it says your hardwares doesnt need any restricted drivers
any help

UbuntuAma, what kind of graphic card do you have? I mean brand and model number.

Sorry i have been so busy i couldnt reply on this question but i still have the same problem, its i810 Intel Chipset thats the name of Graphics card

The problem is that this graphic card is blacklisted by Compiz in Ubuntu 7.10.

You should modify the script /usr/bin/compiz, commenting out the line where your graphic card is inserted in the black list.

I also suggest switching to Ubuntu 8.04, where Compiz doesn't have this limitation.

If you don't know how to modify the script (I don't know your level of technical knowledge), you can follow these instructions:

1) type in the terminal: "sudo gedit /usr/bin/compiz"

2) Search in the file the lines about the black list. There should be a pair of lines with intel graphic cards. Uncomment them (meaning: put a '#' at the beginning of the line.

Save the file.

Restart the system. Let me know if it still doesn't work.

Bye

hello thanks, i did try to upgrade up to 8.04 yesterday and it works m now on UBUNTU 8.04 and the Desktop Effects Works as well so thats very gud move, however what i need to know now is how do i install Windows XP with Ubuntu As Gusty? with 3D Effects?? i have got windows XP as Dual boot with Ubuntu 8.04 but i wanted it in that 3D stuffs pls help

What do you mean?
Do you simply want to install XP as dual boot with Ubuntu 8.04?
Or you want XP to have the same 3d effects as Ubuntu?

If you are referring to the second option, I don't think XP has such 3d stuff... probably you are thinking about Windows Vista. I obviously suggest to not install Windows "anything".
You made a good choice installing Ubuntu, stick with it and you will find all the satisfaction that Windows can't give.

Bye

thanks

"Guys I have Ubuntu 8.04, and visual effect were working fine then on day they just stop working, I am getting message "Desktop effects could not be enabled", I tried some stuff to fix it but could not manage it. Could some one help?

Thanks,
Alexander.

I hv same problem. Any help?

i have ubuntu 8.1 but wen i try to enable visual effects
"desktop effects could not be enabled" that message appears. any help?