*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 206259 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206259
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 206259
gnome-appearance-properties won't start Compiz
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Cannot enable desktop effects without ati restricted driver
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206212
Yes, this seems to happen for all ATI graphics cards now.
It must be because although the open source ATI drivers support compiz
on many cards (actually it supports it much better on my card than the
proprietary driver, which has all sorts of problems), ALL ATI cards are
now blacklisted by compiz
