Finally Got 3D Desktop Effects in My Ubuntu Gutsy

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for ：ATI X300
As soon as Ubuntu gutsy was installed, it prompted me if I want the
restricted drivers to be installed. I graciously accepted the offer but
received an error in response saying “xorg-driver-glrx is not enabled.”

When I had installed Ubuntu Gutsy RC1, it had automatically prompted me to enable certain repositories, took me to “Software Sources”
dialog box, and after I had enabled the repositories(and refreshed the
package list), it had continued installing the restricted drivers. It
was a seamless process - everything was handled automatically and I
only had to just keep clicking the “OK” buttons.
I don’t know what has changed between RC1 and the final release but
I had to dismiss the above mentioned error window, manually go to Administration -> Software Sources and enable the repositories listed there.

It failed to refresh the packages and I realised that Internet is
actually not working on the Gutsy yet. So I looked around a bit,
changed Password Type in Network Settings from “WEP Text” to “WEP Personal”
and felt relieved to finally be able to load the Google in the web
browser. After successfully refreshing the package contents this time,
the restricted drivers got installed without giving me any more errors.

The desktop effects were still absent though. I checked System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Visual Effects and tried to select something like “Normal” or “Extra” effects there, but got the error “The composite extension is not available” on both the occasions. I then checked the output of ‘compiz ––replace’ which indicated to me that I probably need to install the xserver-xgl drivers, so went ahead and installed it from the command line:
               
               
                sh# sudo aptitude install xserver-xgl
And while I was at it, installed the compiz configuration tools too:
sh# sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager
In summary, the following command now informs me that everything is already there and nothing needs to be installed:
As you can see, everything is already installed. Now I went to System -> Preferences -> Appearance  and selected the “Normal” radio button. Success! So I went ahead and selected “Custom” radio button this time and started playing with different settings by going to System -> Preferences -> Advanced Desktop Effects Settings.
Where to go from here? If you get lucky like me with your ATI
hardware(my graphics card is ATI Mobility Radeon X300), you can learn
more about Compiz by going to
Desktop Effects with Compiz
If you are unable to get the 3D effects enabled even after installing the xserver-sgl driver, first try
this ATI thread on Ubuntu forums
, and in case you don’t find any success there, you can search the web for your ATI card or try asking for help on
Launchpad Answers
,
Ubuntu Forums
or Ubuntu IRC channel(#ubuntu at irc.freenode.net). I recommend you
keep the output of the following commands handy with you when asking
for help:
lspci | grep VGA
compiz ––replace
glxinfo | grep direct
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Composite
Update: Here is a nice how-to by Ubuntu Forums member michael37 on
how to get 3D Desktop effects for ATI cards
for fresh Gutsy installation or an upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy.
               
               
               
               
               
               

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