3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help

[dibl]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

No.

There was a reason I instructed you to do the driver installation on a tty console, and not in a Konsole window. The reason is, it won't install while KDM is running. That is why you're having all these problems.

[tinker88]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

ok well then i will do it that way and then come back here and let you know what happens...sorry im still pretty new to linux and i just thought they were the same thing now i know it makes a difference

and i do appreciate all the help

thanks,
tinker

[tinker88]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

well i did it the way you said and it didnt appear to change anything except when i rebooted the comp it was running in low graphics mode again and after configuring that everything except my k menu and websites themselves is showing in tiny tiny font and cant figure out how to get all the font back to normal....pleasse and thank you for all your help

thanks,
tinker


nvm ...i kinda fixed the tiny font problem...found the force font dpi in appearance under system settings and changed it to 96 dpi ...that fixed everything except my title bars....still trying to figure that out though

[dibl]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

OK, let's try it again. First, are you really running version 7.10 of Kubuntu? If so, you probably could get far better results with the latest released version, which is 9.04. There has been a lot of work put into support of proprietary drivers. To check it, make a 9.10 Kubuntu Live CD, boot it, and then do KMenu > System > Hardware Drivers, and there is should recognize your 8400. If so, you can choose to install the current proprietary driver on it, and then you can enable Desktop Effects, which included the cube.

[tinker88]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

how do i make a live cd? ....and before i do that is there anyway to be sure what kubuntu im running?

again, thank you for all your help ...im still very new to all this linux stuff

thanks,
tinker

[dibl]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

If pop open the Konsole (KMenu > System > Konsole), then enter this:

lsb_release -a

and this

uname -a

They will tell you the version and the running kernel.

[tinker88]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

tinker@tinker-laptop:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy
tinker@tinker-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux tinker-laptop 2.6.24-24-generic #1 SMP Sat Aug 22 01:06:14 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
tinker@tinker-laptop:~$



thats what i got from doing the two codes

[dibl]

Re: trying to install the 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help - I do appreciate 10x

OK, you're running version 8.04.

Open the Konsole window again, and enter these:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

This will just update your system (it will still be 8.04). So, you have KDE 3.5.

[dibl]

Re: 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help

More ...

Good. OK you have a couple of repos with no key -- that's why your upgrade to KDE4 didn't work. But, that's not a major problem.

OK, I have to leave for some hours, so I will point you to the best instruction I have for installing the Nvidia driver, and invite you to follow it carefully, step by step, and this time through it might work for you.

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...4892#msg164892

Download the 185.18.36 driver from here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122606

You want the 32-bit file. Good luck with it -- I'll check back when I can.

[tinker88]

Re: 3D cube Desktop - Compiz, need help

ok i downloaded the file from the link you gave me and i was following the instructions in that other thread however step 6 :

6.
Code:

sudo cp /home/user/Desktop/NV{TAB to complete} .

didnt do anything when i hit 'tab' and when i hit enter it came back saying 'no such file or directory'

so im not sure what to do now...maybe it downloaded somewhere else or maybe there is something that is preventing me to do it?

thank you soooooo much for your help

thanks,
tinker