Actually this was a bug in gnome-appearance-properties and I fixed it a couple weeks ago in karmic so this problem should be gone now.
** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- Activating compiz on Intel chipsets does not work via GUI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407674 You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz Post to : compiz@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp