Finally … Ubuntu + Compiz + Kiba Dock

We all know that the Geforce 7300 series are somewhat problematic under Linux and obviously under Ubuntu especially when it comes to Compiz … and if you don’t have compiz you can’t run ‘eye’ candy apps which make use of a composition manager … yeaaak!

Compiz was working fine for me except that the Windows Borders never showed up, no matter what I did. So here is how I made this work … make sure that you have this line in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf .

Option “AddARGBGLXVisuals” “True”

The easiest way to do this, is to fire up a terminal and type in the following:

sudo nvidia-xconfig –add-argb-glx-visuals -d 24

Then restart compiz, and the borders should appear. Of course this assumes that you have installed the “NVidia” drivers (restricted) .

I also compiled the latest version of the “Kiba Dock”, and played around with the Compiz settings. Now i’m in the hunt for the perfect theme and maybe background …

May the source be with you, and good night

PS: until now I didn’t had the will to play around with these extensively … haha!

February 29, 2008 - Posted by icebreaker | Uncategorized | | 3 Comments

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thank for the tip now i have the window borders too on my compiz

Comment by Mariuz | March 8, 2008
i have added
Option “AddARGBGLXVisuals” “True”

in the Screen section restarted the xorg
and now i have wobbly windows

Comment by Mariuz | March 8, 2008
Good point Mariuz … lol i assumed that users can mess with Xorg :)) haha

Comment by icebreaker | March 8, 2008

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