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How to enable 3D desktop

Thu, 01/17/2008 - 4:32am — Vinno


Description:"What is Compiz?
Compiz is a compositing window manager that uses 3D graphics acceleration via OpenGL. It provides various new graphical effects and features on any desktop environment, including Gnome and KDE.

* Window management has never looked so enticing: Through OpenGL accelerated compositing, Compiz provides tons of new visual effects. It's also flexible enough so you could easily add more through a plugin system.

* Compiz is compatible: Any X Window System based desktop environment, including (but not limited to) Gnome and KDE, is supported. "

NOTE: Please read this page as a reference before continuing on. As it may help.

For ubuntu users, compiz is installed by default for 7.10 gutsy release. Just install the control panel for it.

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
    After the install is complete:
  1. Go to the taskbar menu, System > Preferences > Appearance
  2. Click on the Visual Effects tab.
  3. Click on Custom checkbox.
  4. Press Close button.
  5. Go to the taskbar menu, System > Preferences > Advanced Desktop Effects Settings
  6. Under desktop Category, Tick off the Desktop Cube and Rotate Cube.
  7. Hold Ctrl+Alt and move your mouse around to spin the 3d desktop cube.
    Default hot keys:
  • Switch desktops on cube: Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right Arrow
  • Switch desktops on cube - with active window following: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Left/Right Arrow
  • Rotate cube manually: Ctrl + Alt + left-click
  • Zoom-in once: Super-key + right-click
  • Zoom-in manually: Super-key + wheel mouse up
  • Zoom-out manually: Super-key + wheel mouse down
  • Move window: Alt + left-click
  • Slow-motion: Shift + F10
  • Transparency: Put mouse cursor over the window then press Alt + wheel mouse down
  • Expose effect: Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow or Point the mouse in top right at screen
  • Take screenshot: Super-key + left-click drag

For other Linux distributions, it isn't as simple but when I get some time i will put up a how to.

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Fri, 02/08/2008 - 12:27am — Anonymous (not verified)

i've folowed your

i've folowed your instructions and still not working. In the visual effects tab when i select costum apears this messege :"The Composite extension is not available". What can I do to remediate this problem?
Fri, 02/08/2008 - 7:42am — Vinno

Try this

Take a look at your xorg config: /etc/X11/xorg.conf (make a backup before doing anything else) Find the section with: ---------------------------------------- Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "1" EndSection ---------------------------------------- Make sure its 1 and not 0. --- Vinno. Contact Me

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