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ubuntu 11.04 and compiz

Asked by asd

hi i recently updated my ubuntu 10.10 into 11.04. and when i tried to enable the compiz configuration for animations,wobly winow etc etc it kinda crashed.now i don't have the left bar with the applications. also my windows dont have the upper bar with the minimize/maximize/close icons.....

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a

Thanks

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asd (libathos) said : 		#2

*-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: RV730XT [Radeon HD 4670]
       vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
       resources: irq:44 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:fe9f0000-fe9fffff ioport:d000(size=256) memory:fe9c0000-fe9dffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty

hope u can make something of it..

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

You need to install the proprietary driver, you are using the open driver currently

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asd (libathos) said : 		#4

uhh okay...how can i do that ?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VideoDriverHowto

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asd (libathos) said : 		#6

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.