Small tutorial to enabled 3D effects and add a application dock bar in Ubuntu Karmic 9.10. This video was created in Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha, using a ATI RS480 built-in gfx chipset on old Shuttle ST20G5. It’s kind of slow because the recording software brings the framerate to it’s knees on this box. Otherwise works fast enough when I’m not recording the desktop at same time. ATI opensource drivers are much better in this release, but I still have severe crashes once, or twice a day while using the machine. Basic 3D works ok, but there is still plenty to fix: – Google Earth still has problems with ATI opensource drivers. – Xrandr 1.3 can’t enable my DVI monitor, if I boot the machine with a VGA monitor pluged in. But if I power of the machine disconnect the VGA cable, start with the DVI monitor and then plug the VGA cable and enable second monitor, it works. – Dual monitor: If I enable both monitor with 1920×1080 resolutions 3D stops working or refresh becomes very slow, If I reduce the resolution all becomes usable around 1280×1024 on both monitor.
Ubuntu 3D Desktop Howto
Mon, Feb 8, 2010
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February 8th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
wow realy nice thank you
February 8th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
yeah i figured. it is integrated. the computer is a 2002 HP so. . . . lol im gutting my whole computer soon so it doesnt matter. thanks though
February 8th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
do you know what graphics chipset you have you have?
Intel and ati should be supported out of the box, for nvidia you need to run system->administration->”hardware drivers” and install the nvidia drivers. Any other gfx chipset is probably does not support 3D, but 2D and videos will work fine.
February 8th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
yes. my desktop doesnt have a graphics card either, so i cant change it there, but my laptop has ati hd radeon 3200, which is integrated graphics, and it works well with the “extra” visual effects
February 8th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Ok so i cant change the visual effects from “none”. it keeps saying that the effects can not be changed. could this be because i do not have a graphics card??
February 8th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
wow that was quick thanks
February 8th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
search gnome-do on “ubuntu software center”
February 8th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
where can i find gnome do?
February 8th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
The Last of the International Playboys
artist: Stroke 9
album: The Last of the International Playboys
label: Rock Ridge Music
February 8th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
author: you should cite your music source.
after a google search on the lyrics, i think its stroke 9, but i can’t find the specific song.
also, thanks for the demo. gnome is spiffy cool.
February 8th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
thanks a lot . . new here and first thing i did was delete my lower panel . . . had to do alt+tab to find minimized windows for some time before i saw this
. . tried all ur tricks after that . . Windows+tab is cool as well
February 9th, 2010 at 12:27 am
gtk-recordMyDesktop
February 9th, 2010 at 12:43 am
What recording software did you use on this?
February 9th, 2010 at 12:43 am
That is the “shift switcher” in compiz manager
February 9th, 2010 at 12:55 am
how do you get the switching effect at the end of the video?
February 9th, 2010 at 1:41 am
Right click on the multiple desktop applet, and select preferences.
9. 10 is very identical to 9. 04, but intel drivers and ati drivers are faster. ATI drivers also crash a little bit less but still crash.
If you have a nividia nothing changed.
9. 10 changed some icons and startup animations but nothing big.
February 9th, 2010 at 2:39 am
how do you get 4 workspaces. all i can get is 2. and how much different is it getting 3D desktop on 9. 10 than 9. 04
February 9th, 2010 at 3:07 am
What name is this song?