Comments on: Finally Got 3D Desktop Effects in My Ubuntu Gutsy (ATI Hardware)

By: Lloyd Summers

Lloyd Summers — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:25:51 +0000

Thanks a ton,

I’ve been fighting to get it on a VMWare first to make sure it works before porting it over to another machine. I had a feeling that was the reason,

Thanks mate – you saved me some major time :)

By: Hardy Heron Makes Me Happy

Hardy Heron Makes Me Happy — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:07:39 +0000

[...] If you have the ATI card, you simply go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources and enable the repository for restricted software. Then go back into your drivers, and you should be able to select and update without a problem.. you can use the tutorial here -> Every Flavor Beans [...]

By: bob

bob — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:10:54 +0000

Thank you very much this fix work on my (rs485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP] ) on a dell inspoiron 1501 you are the only one i could find with a fix.

By: tabrez

tabrez — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:30:05 +0000

Hey sam,

You can’t get 3D desktop effects on an operating system installed in a virtual machine. VMWare abstracts away the real hardware of your machine and projects a generic architecture to the operating systems installed on it. You can install Ubuntu on the machine directly(dual-boot with Windows XP) if you want to play with 3D desktop effects.

By: sam

sam — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:25:31 +0000

Hi guys
I have installed Ubuntu 7.10 on an XP Pro SP2 machine. I am using VMWare Player Version 2.0.2 build-59824. I clicked on System -> Preferences -> Appearance then I click on Visual Effect Tab. then I choose between Normal, Extra and Custom, I get same error for all three optoins: Errot Messege is : “DESKTOP EFFECTS COULD NOT BE ENABLED”
I have tried all the options mentioned in above blogs and threads. did not help. What am I missing here? I have P4 3.06GHz 2GB RAM, Integrated ATI RADEON XPRESS 200.
I have looked up in System -> Administration -> Screens and Graphics then under Graphic Card Tab I see “vmware – VMware virtual video cards”. Also I can change screen resolutions upto 2360 X 1770. Somehow I can not make Visual Effects to work. What am I missing here……… any comments

By: tabrez

tabrez — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:33:44 +0000

You are welcome Pablo, and thanks for reporting that it worked for your X600 card – I am sure it will be very encouraging to the other Gutsy users of ATI X600 cards who want to try 3D desktop effects. Your English is fine but I am no expert at it either ;)

By: Pablo

Pablo — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:48:52 +0000

Excelent.

Mine is an ATI Mobility Radeon X600 and your recipe worked amazing (after trying a hundred ways, and completely crushed my first ever Ubuntu).

Thank you very much.

PS: Sorry for my English.

By: tabrez

tabrez — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:29:05 +0000

Good to hear that it worked out for you and thanks for noting it here.

Other Gutsy users who are using ATI 9600XT graphic card, here is a success story for you :)