Desktop effects are not supported...

[richyf89]

I have an ATI Radeon 9600 XT card. I'm sure this is good enough for
desktop effects to be enabled on. Anyway I have installed the driver
from the ATI website for linux. Now every time I try and enable desktop
effects it just gives me the message:

Desktop effects are not supported on your current hardware /
configuration. Would you like to activate them anyway?

I press yes but it just doesn't enable it. I upgraded compiz. I used
the 11.1 1-click thing. It all worked perfectly in 11.0 .. I don't
understand what the problem is..

since 11.1 it has been giving me that message.. Does anybody else have
this problem?

Any ways to resolve it?

Many thanks!


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[bennohansen]

I get the same message on this setup: nVidia Corporation, GeForce 6200.
Driver: nvidia (3D-support, x11-video-nvidiaG02 177.82-1.1,
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default 177.82_2.6.27.7_9.1-1.1).

Suspect it's the driver. There are some other ones to try...


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[getintanked]

Is this in KDE 4?


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[scouser73]

I also had that problem after I'd installed the graphics card driver
(nVidia). What I did was to set the profile to medium, and it's worked
without hassle. Give it a go.


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[bennohansen]

I'm in KDE3 (had 1st boot issue with KDE4 that in hindsight probably was
just about screen order).

Trying "Medium" settings doesn't make a difference.

Compiz worked fine yesterday when I still was in openSUSE 11.0 w/KDE3.


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[richyf89]

I'm in the GNOME environment.

I have tried all the options but nothing works. I had no problems
whatsoever in 11.0

What happened? I miss the desktop effects!


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[baskitcaise]

richyf89 wrote:

>
> I'm in the GNOME environment.
>
> I have tried all the options but nothing works. I had no problems
> whatsoever in 11.0
>
> What happened? I miss the desktop effects!
>
>

Check your xorg.conf in /etc/X11/ you will need:


<<--snip-->>

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "On"
EndSection

<<--pims==>>

At the end to enable the composite.

That should do it.

HTH

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