You have been subscribed to a public bug: After performing a clean install of Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10, I found that I could not enable desktop effects. Desktop effects worked without problem in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04.
What I expect : I go to System > Preferences > Appearance > Visual Effects and select "Normal", and there are normal visual effects. I can then go on to compiz settings and enable such things as the cube and magnification. What happens : I go to System > Preferences > Appearance > Visual Effects and select "Normal". A box appears with "Searching for available drivers". The screen then flashes several times and a dialog box appears with "Desktop effects could not be enabled". My system is: IBM Thinkpad T40 1.3Ghz Centrino. Radeon mobility 7500 with 32MB. 1.25Gb RAM. Many thanks. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.40-generic 2.6.35.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Dec 4 17:06:49 2010 DkmsStatus: InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) Lsusb: Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: IBM 237322G PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available Socket 1: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card Socket 1: no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic root=UUID=084ee8ce-dfd9-48df-8b39-bb441529a721 ro quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1024x768-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display dmi.bios.date: 06/18/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: IBM dmi.bios.version: 1RETDRWW (3.23 ) dmi.board.name: 237322G dmi.board.vendor: IBM dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1RETDRWW(3.23):bd06/18/2007:svnIBM:pn237322G:pvrThinkPadT40:rvnIBM:rn237322G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 237322G dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T40 dmi.sys.vendor: IBM glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory system: distro: Ubuntu codename: maverick architecture: i686 kernel: 2.6.35-23-generic --- Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) Lsusb: Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: IBM 237322G Package: jockey (not installed) PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available Socket 1: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card Socket 1: no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic root=UUID=084ee8ce-dfd9-48df-8b39-bb441529a721 ro quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1024x768-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.40-generic 2.6.35.7 Tags: maverick Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686 UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare dmi.bios.date: 06/18/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: IBM dmi.bios.version: 1RETDRWW (3.23 ) dmi.board.name: 237322G dmi.board.vendor: IBM dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1RETDRWW(3.23):bd06/18/2007:svnIBM:pn237322G:pvrThinkPadT40:rvnIBM:rn237322G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 237322G dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T40 dmi.sys.vendor: IBM ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Tags: apport-bug apport-collected i386 maverick -- Cannot enable desktop effects in Maverick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/685232 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp