Here is a little tutorial in how to install the famous Compiz Fusion. I have it installed in my PC and it runs ok because I have a sucky video card.
1. - First you have to enable your graphic card, so you can use 3D effects go to System > Administration > Hardware Drivers. Type in your password (if it ask you for it) The Hardware Drivers tool should show your graphic card, check the box. A little window should pop up you just hit enable. Now it should start downloading and installing the driver for the video card. Now close the the Change Applied box. After you closed the windows i’ll will ask you to restart the computer go head and do that.
Restart Computer
It should look like this after rebooting
And then like this
2. – Installing Compiz Fusion
There are two ways to install Compiz Fusion by Terminal or with the Synaptic Package Manager. Open the Synaptic Package Manager. Go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager, on the search box type
- compizconfig-settings-manager
- eremerald
Click on the boxes and select Mark for installation the packages will have dependencies so accept the dependencies by clicking Mark button. Now click the Apply button. The packages are being downloaded and installed. After the packages are installed close the Synaptic Package Manager.
3. Customizing Desktop Effects.
Use Compiz Settings Manager to configure or customize Compiz’s behavior. Go to System > Preferences > Advanced Desktop Effects Settings. To use Emerald Go to System>Preferences>Emerald.
Compiz Setting Manager
I leave you here with some shortcuts for Compiz Enjoy!
SUPER+SHIFT+DRAG LEFT MOUSE = draw fire
SUPER+SHIFT+C = clear fire
CTRL+ALT+DRAG LEFT MOUSE = rotate cube
CTRL+ALT+LEFT ARROW = rotate cube
CTRL+ALT+DOWN ARROW = flat desktop
SHIFT+ALT+UP = initiate window picker
CTRL+ALT+DOWN = unfold cube
ALT+TAB = window switch
SUPER+TAB = flip switcher or ring switcher, depending on which is enabled.
ALT+F7 = initiate ‘move windows’
SHIFT+F9 = water effect
SHIFT+F10 = slow animations
CTRL+ALT+D = show desktop
SUPER+S = select single window
SUPER+T = tab group
SUPER+Left = change left tab
SUPER+Right = change right tab
SUPER+G = group windows
SUPER+U = ungroup windows
SUPER+R = remove group window
SUPER+C = close group
SUPER+X = ignore group
Hold the SUPER button (Windows key)then select the windows you want to group and then hit SUPER+G.
Nice going dude! Very neat….
By: Fraih on May 18, 2008
at 10:28 pm
u mention that there are TWO ways to install…one with the package manager, and one with the terminal
/i dont see the terminal steps?
//thats what i need
By: eric on May 19, 2008
at 1:07 am
Im sorry I forgot to do that, I will do that tonight. Sorry about that.
By: thegabfather on May 19, 2008
at 1:37 am
Very neat and crisp tutorial.. But do include Terminal commands. like sudo apt-get install compiz compizconfig-settings-manager .. Not try to be rude but this article seems a rip off of How to forge
By: Dark Star on May 19, 2008
at 2:20 am
yes I apologize for that I just finished doing that I hope is right and helpful to others
By: thegabfather on May 19, 2008
at 2:38 am
hey, the gabfather thanks for the response.
Yes, I might know how to change a hard drive in a laptop but the hard drives a pretty small, so its hard to get. and they are many sizes, so i think u need to open it up anyway and u have to do that to put your new hard drive on
But remember you don’t need to change your hard dive on a laptop because laptops are only for buissnes uses and stuff so u don’t need more than 160Gb in it.They are NOT FOR game’s,well mine is the new macbook pro 4gb ram so i can play with it some games but it get really hot (which is bad).
I didn’t understand by the term “changing blog’s?”
P.S if u know how to use the terminal that would be gr8 cuz i still don’t know how to use the one in windows that good…
By: Fraih on May 19, 2008
at 9:52 am
terminal is just
sudo apt-get install emerald
and
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
By: andrea on May 19, 2008
at 11:14 pm
excellent, i’m linking ur tutorial through my blog..
By: booedy on May 25, 2008
at 4:29 pm
[...] note : apabila advance desktop setting blum muncul di System->Preferences, maka anda perlu menginstall compiz-setting-manager dan juga hardware driver graphics card anda. Bingung?? caranya ada DISINI. [...]
By: visual effect on Ubutu Hardy Heron 8.04 (expose on mac OS X) on May 25, 2008
at 4:49 pm
[...] note : apabila advance desktop setting blum muncul di System->Preferences, maka anda perlu menginstall compiz-setting-manager dan juga hardware driver graphics card anda. Bingung?? caranya ada DISINI. [...]
By: Costumizing my Ubuntu Hardy Heron desktop appearance on May 25, 2008
at 4:53 pm
cool man, I appreciated !
By: thegabfather on May 25, 2008
at 11:25 pm
I have got both emerald and compiz settings manager installed. Wht do u do after that? I have tried changing the settings in compiz but then the windows looks the same.. I wanna try and see the 3D windows effect. Please walk me through it. Thnks
Vic
By: Vic on June 18, 2008
at 12:06 am
Well now go to System>Preferences>Appereance. Once you are on the window click on the Visual Effects tab, then click on Extra and if gives you this error “Desktop effects could not be enabled” go to System>Administration>Hardware Drivers and install the drivers for you video card. After you installed it is gonna ask you to restart the computer go head and do that.
“Note, If your video card has a 3D capabilities and handles Compiz it should work after you log in the system again. (What is your video card?)
But if not you will have to install Xserver-xgl. “Note This is just in case your video don’t handle Compiz”
To do this open a terminal and type
“sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl” and then restart the computer. Log in again and let me know what happen. Cheers!
By: thegabfather on June 18, 2008
at 12:33 am
Hi
I use Parallels om mac 10.5 installed xgl as no card came up. Still get Desktop effects could not be enabled.
By: Olav on June 19, 2008
at 8:12 pm
Compiz output form terminal:
Checking for Xgl: not present.
FATAL: Error inserting battery (/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/kernel/drivers/acpi/battery.ko): Operation not permitted
No whitelisted driver found
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity
By: Olav on June 19, 2008
at 8:17 pm
I hate to say this, but i’m not familiarize with Mac at all, but to find solutions to problems like that, i look on Ubuntu Forums, if u don’t have an account, u should get one, is free, and it always helps me out when i need it, so here is a link and i hope u get ur problem fix !
http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=165
By: thegabfather on June 21, 2008
at 2:10 am
ty for this man. im just begining to understand linux and this kind of support is great because it encourages everyone to continue and keep learning something new to them. instead of leaving it just cos they dont undertand it.
great job and ty again
By: nuibi ubuntu user on June 24, 2008
at 8:14 pm
no virtualization software (including parallels) supports 3d acceleration. its not possible to use desktop effects on a mac unless you partition the hard drive or run ubuntu from an external hard drive
By: ralph on June 24, 2008
at 9:33 pm
Thanks Ralph, i really was clueless about parallels, and it make perfect seance !
By: thegabfather on June 24, 2008
at 11:09 pm
[...] also dualboot windows and Ubuntu if you like Ubuntu:Hardy – Compiz Fusion instructions are here. How to install Compiz Fusion in Ubuntu Hardy Heron. « Future isn’t around the corner, it’… Overall I’m really enjoying it and I’m tempted to change my wife’s computer over to it as well. I [...]
By: The Video Thread - Page 649 - Fires of Heaven Guild Message Board on July 5, 2008
at 9:28 pm
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By: Screenshots Ubuntu Thread - Fires of Heaven Guild Message Board on July 6, 2008
at 11:34 pm
Thanks for adding that bit about enabling compiz in Appearance. I’m very new to this ubuntu thing, and I had no clue about that step. This page helped me a whole lot in getting compiz running. Everywhere else I went didn’t seem to be for hardy, but I tried running a dozen different sudo apt-get commands when I didn’t have to. Who knows what I put on here, haha.
By: Nevin on July 9, 2008
at 3:02 am
I am glad I could help, and hear that is working for you. Cheers!
By: thegabfather on July 9, 2008
at 9:55 pm
Hello.
Thanks very much for this. This tutorial was neat and easy to understand – Also the only one I could follow properly. You have done a great job, Gabfather.
Once again, Thank-you!
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~Ag!~
By: Aguair on July 12, 2008
at 12:53 pm
After the restricted driver install and reboot, the popup shows it is in use, but the box is never checked. If I do that Ubuntu won’t recognise the video input. I fix this with xfix.
Just a question: I could use the windows opacity in Xubuntu, but my card won’t support it in Ubuntu…???
Card: ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (2D, I believe).
By: Vanderloo on August 8, 2008
at 9:06 pm
is it chipset integrated? If it is all that I recomend you to do is , I know this is not much help but this is what I did, is just buy a new video card anything pretty much is better that ATI Xpresss 200 series I had the same one chipset integrated in it was just terrible. Now if you are just gonna stay with Xubuntu leave it like it is. Cheers!
By: thegabfather on August 10, 2008
at 4:54 am
Use Compiz-Check to check whether your system supports Compiz Fusion, if it doesn’t support completely then stop dreaming about it
By: Ananth on August 29, 2008
at 3:48 pm
Please add this to my previous post, the link for Compiz-Check
http://forlong.blogage.de/entries/pages/Compiz-Check
By: Ananth on August 29, 2008
at 3:49 pm
[...] note : apabila advance desktop setting blum muncul di System->Preferences, maka anda perlu menginstall compiz-setting-manager dan juga hardware driver graphics card anda. Bingung?? caranya ada DISINI. [...]
By: blog booedy baru pindah hosting » Blog Archive » Costumizing my Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 desktop appearance on October 18, 2008
at 10:57 am
Nice of course but I don’t see the icons on mine only X icons and that’s annoying why?!
By: Sam on October 22, 2008
at 4:11 am
hi gabfather ,
this tutorial is simple and helpful i installed ubuntu and able to use t now…
am using a dell d630 it has got no Super key
read through few forums Windows key doesn work as Super key for me… can u pl help wit tat…
By: praveena on November 14, 2008
at 4:01 pm
hey sorry for disturbin u after sum googling i found the solution myself…
i jus had to set the keyboard model in system settings…
System>Preferences>keyboard>layouts
edited the keyboard model to mine .. window key works as Super…
cheers!
By: praveena on November 14, 2008
at 5:10 pm
OMG, I’m so sorry i didn’t have the chance to helped u!, i have been really busy at college lately. I’m glad u find a solution, and i promise to help u next time u need anything =)
laters……
By: thegabfather on November 15, 2008
at 12:25 am
ive done all the above steps, while my linux mint has compiz already installed and all effects working, when installed on ubuntu hardy it doesnt do anything. i have my graphics card in use so i dont know what elce could be wrong or missing.
wobbling effect wont even work, and cube doesnt rotate. pls help.
By: dogafin on December 30, 2008
at 7:35 am
Thanks for the tutorial, but i have a bit of a problem none of the animations are working like Fire, Water effect etc. Is this because i need to enable it on compiz config settings manager?.
By: Max on February 2, 2009
at 5:22 pm
Im sorry for taking me too long to respond. Yes you have to enable the fire and water effect and any other effect that you want. Also you will have to know the shortcuts in order for them to know. Hope this helps.
By: thegabfather on February 20, 2009
at 5:45 am
What is “Super” key , btw ?
By: noob on March 7, 2009
at 7:08 am
The super key is the Windows Key. Thats if you are using Windows if u are using mac I think is the command key. Cheers!
By: thegabfather on March 11, 2009
at 3:21 am
Thank you very much friend, I have been looking for water effects for a long time……..that is working very well on my pc…
By: M4R10 on March 23, 2009
at 1:23 am
great tutorial, thank you!
By: Steve on May 28, 2009
at 3:12 pm
Thank you man!!!!!!!!!!!!
By: thegabfather on June 16, 2009
at 1:41 am
thanks a lot.. it worked perfectly… keep it up!!
By: phradaka on September 9, 2009
at 2:15 pm