On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > Unity uses Compiz for its window manager/ compositor. It is likely your > problem. You need a 3D card and a 3D driver. If it is not working then you > likely have classic GNOME instead working. If you have a 3D card then you > likely need a 3D driver from Additional drivers in System, Administration. > If there is no driver then you are likely out of luck for now or have to > find a driver on your own which is not for the faint of heart. The next > release will default to Unity 2D which is an alternative for people without > 3D support. You can install it now and it works just like Unity. It uses > Metacity (like classic GNOME) instead of Compiz, but it moves away from > GNOME in that it does not use GTK. It is written in QT (like KDE) and QML. > > Roy > > Using Kubuntu 11.04, 64-bit > Location: Canada > > > On 4 July 2011 22:18, James Jolin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > When I installed Ubuntu 11.04 and it booted up it told me my system could > > not use Unity....no further explanation. I look around the Ubuntu site > and > > could not find anything either. Just what are the requirements for > > Unity??? You would think they would let you know. > > Jim > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email > [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! > Groups Links > > > > thanks, guys. I wish I had thought of the google thing. You both gave me a few things to chew on. I had forgotten to use the additional driver thing. This whole Unity thing is beginning to sound like a Microsoft thing. They come out with this gee whiz os and then you get the "oh ya and you will need some newer hardware." I see the ram requirements are up as well. Well thanks again. Jim
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