Dear Gregg, I tried but still the special effects are not available. By the way, the X server did not get the CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE signal, and I instead killed the X process.
I will try to install the 8.04 but I am afraid I will have no time for it until Friday... I'll keep you informed! Franco Greg Grossmeier wrote: > Franco, > > Thank you for your response. > > One thing you can try when using the LiveCD is after installing the > nvidia-glx-new driver is to restart X (the software that controls the > graphics). To do that a quick way is by pressing CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE. > That will kill X (and any running program) and it will restart itself. > That might be enough to be able to use the Visual Effects. If not... > > If you are willing to install 8.04 on that separate partition that would > be great. And yes, you can install it without effecting your current > installation. Just make sure you know which partition you want to > install it on and only format that one (not any others). > > Thanks! > > -- Problem with "Visual Effects" under Ubuntu 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/184581 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
