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compiz package

Graphics slowed and visual effects gone after working for 3 weeks

Asked by JBatch

Greetings,

Very new to Ubuntu. My friend (who installed Ubuntu 9.04 for me) put some cool graphics effects on my notebook. They have been running great for the past 3 weeks. I even hooked up to a 42" plasma and ran it with notebook screen. Both ran for the last 4 days with the effects.

Now I only have basic settings and the graphics are running slow. I tried putting the visual effects settings back to normal and extra and I got (Desktop settings could not be enabled) Screensaver is also considerably slower. I have an HP Compac nc6120

john@john-laptop:~$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Do I need to run a check with Compiz? I just don't want to screw anything else up.

Thanks for your help.

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JBatch (johnbatcheler) said : 		#1

Xzane is also not recognizing my scanner which it did before. I'm working hard to read and try to figure out all these problems before I ask. I know they are basic.

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#2

hello

from what I've seen in the past. I'm not sure that chipset sets aside enough video memory for Compiz It's something like that that prevents it from working smoothly with Compiz without some additional stuff

maybe increase your RAM and try...

google for (Intel 915GM) +Compiz and see what you can find.

Regards

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JBatch (johnbatcheler) said : 		#3

Thanks for the help Bhavani. I appreiciate it. Found this link from a response on another site but it is way over my head at this point.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/IntelPerformance