Get Compiz Fusion 0.7.6 on Hardy Heron
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I was trying to get the Cylinder and Sphere/Globe effect on My Ubuntu. After trying many scripts that install compiz from git, I found my copy of compiz completely broken. Then after days of googling, I found this https://launchpad.net/~compiz/+archive.
And it seems, all you need to do is edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and add these lines
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/compiz/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/compiz/ubuntu hardy main
and then
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install compiz compiz-gnome
And you might also want to do a “sudo apt-get upgrade” to upgrade compizconfig-settings-manager.
You can now go to System > Preferences > CompizConfig Settings Manager and enable Cube Reflection and Deformation (Well, this is why I wanted version 0.7.6.) and edit to your liking.
now just
compiz –replace &
Screenshots Here (http://d1g1t.net/2008/07/17/desktop-screenshots-july-17/)
thanks a lot! this is exactly what i was looking for ^_^
and theres a typo in:
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sudo apt-get udpate
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should be
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sudo apt-get update
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you had a typo in update
@David Meghrazi: ah, thanks. fixed
ok i tried that but at the last step it did this and know i can’t get in compiz anymore….
this is what the therminal says….please some help would be immensely appreciated
Checking for Xgl: [1] 14974
vince@vince-laptop:~$ not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 01:00.0 0300: 1002:5653 (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present.
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1280×800) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed.
Checking for nVidia: not present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
vince@vince-laptop:~$ /usr/bin/compiz.real (core) – Error: Couldn’t load plugin ‘–replace’
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) – Warn: Plugin ‘core’ already active
vince@vince-laptop:~$ /usr/bin/compiz.real (video) – Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling YV12 image format
/usr/bin/compiz.real (decoration) – Warn: Property ignored because version is 20080131 and decoration plugin version is 20080529
/usr/bin/compiz.real (decoration) – Warn: Property ignored because version is 20080131 and decoration plugin version is 20080529
/usr/bin/compiz.real (decoration) – Warn: Property ignored because version is 20080131 and decoration plugin version is 20080529
/usr/bin/compiz.real (decoration) – Warn: Property ignored because version is 20080131 and decoration plugin version is 20080529
GConf backend: There is an unsupported value at path /apps/compiz/plugins/scale/allscreens/options/initiate_edge. Settings from this path won’t be read. Try to remove that value so that operation can continue properly.
/usr/bin/compiz.real (animation) – Error: Animation settings mismatch in “Animation Selection” list for Focus event.
/usr/bin/compiz.real (animation) – Error: Animation settings mismatch in “Animation Selection” list for Focus event.
@lionbeast: You might want to search in the ubuntu forums
or here: http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=9005
well i will try to find help in the forums thanks anyway…hope i can fix this…
I got the same problem:
trip@trip-laptop:~$ compiz –replace &
[1] 17130
trip@trip-laptop:~$ Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 00:02.0 0300: 8086:2a02 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present.
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1280×800) to maximum 3D texture size (2048): Passed.
Checking for nVidia: not present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) – Error: Couldn’t load plugin ‘–replace’
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) – Warn: Plugin ‘core’ already active
/usr/bin/compiz.real (video) – Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling YV12 image format
/usr/bin/compiz.real (decoration) – Warn: Property ignored because version is 20080131 and decoration plugin version is 20080529
/usr/bin/compiz.real (decoration) – Warn: Property ignored because version is 20080131 and decoration plugin version is 20080529
/usr/bin/compiz.real (decoration) – Warn: Property ignored because version is 20080131 and decoration plugin version is 20080529
/usr/bin/compiz.real (decoration) – Warn: Property ignored because version is 20080131 and decoration plugin version is 20080529
/usr/bin/compiz.real (decoration) – Warn: Property ignored because version is 20080131 and decoration plugin version is 20080529
/usr/bin/compiz.real (decoration) – Warn: Property ignored because version is 20080131 and decoration plugin version is 20080529
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) – Error: no ‘mousepoll’ plugin with ABI version ‘20080116′ loaded
/usr/bin/compiz.real (ezoom) – Error: InitObject failed
/usr/bin/compiz.real (core) – Error: Couldn’t activate plugin ‘ezoom’
GConf backend: There is an unsupported value at path /apps/compiz/plugins/scale/allscreens/options/initiate_edge. Settings from this path won’t be read. Try to remove that value so that operation can continue properly.
@DoYouUBUNTU?: you’ll have to install emerald and maybe you’ll want fusion-icon to make things easier
sudo apt-get install emerald
and then enable window decoration in your compiz settings
if required restart compiz
Hope this helps
Thanks, I think I love you! Can finally swiftly scale down my mythtv so I can “do work” and watch telly at the same time