It is really nice that the fancy desktop software 'Compiz' comes with Ubuntu 7.10(Gutsy Gibbon). I just spent two hours to set it work on my laptop.
It is easy to start. Just go to System->Perference->Apperence->Visual effects. And then choose custom and personalize.
The main problem is that there is compatibility issue with ATI cards. However, mine is GMA965. But it still doesn't work at the beginning., saying that, desktop effects could not be enabled or something like that. Try to run 'compiz' in the terminal it displayed three line and the second line said that the PCIID of the display card is found in the blacklist. I don't know why. After googling, this problem can be solved in the following way:
go to terminal and put in command:
SKIP_CHECKS=yes compiz
to disable the check of blacklist in compiz.
If you don't want to type this line every time you want to use compiz, just use the following command:
echo SKIP_CHECKS=yes > .config/compiz/compiz-manager
or you can use
sudo gedit .config/compiz/compiz-manager
and add the line:
SKIP_CHECKS=yes
save it and it will tell the compiz to skip the blacklist checking.
Now what you need to do next?
Just enjoy the fancy things
For an example of those things, go to the following link
