KDE4 desktop effects not working on nvidia 6600

[nematodsa]

hi, i just upgrade kubuntu 8.10 from 8.04 after a couple of fail attempts of installing 8.10amd64 from the livedisk,and a couple of crash from previous installation of 8.10.

i use envyng to install the driver as follow in "http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...pic=3095635.0" everythings works except for the desktop effects

my hardware is as below,
amd64 3000+, nv6600, maxtor 80GB, 512ddr1, GA-K8-NF9

and here are the list of effects that is not working:
explosion
fall apart
present window
snow
translucency
cover switch
desktop grid
flip switch

can anyone teach me how to get those things enable..

[Primoz]

Re: KDE4 desktop effects not working on nvidia 6600

That's strange I have a similar system, just that my CPU is AMD Sempron 3000+ (32bit) and that I have a bit more RAM and the
mother board is nForce just that is by Winfast instead of Gigabyte.
Did you try nVidia 180.22 driver:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122606

Or maybe it's something with the 64bit version...

[nematodsa]

Re: KDE4 desktop effects not working on nvidia 6600

im currently using the 32bit kubuntu 8.10 , i crash 5 times before this (consider a) success one.
.

nothing happen when i put in "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.22-pkg1.run" in the command line. .

[Primoz]

Re: KDE4 desktop effects not working on nvidia 6600

im currently using the 32bit kubuntu 8.10 , i crash 5 times before this (consider a) success one.
.

nothing happen when i put in "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.22-pkg1.run" in the command line. .

Sorry that's my fault. I should direct you to this link:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3100807.0
You'll get all the informations you need.

[nematodsa]

Re: KDE4 desktop effects not working on nvidia 6600

hi. i was away for the past few days, back now and tired as you have said.

theres some part that i do not understand from http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3100807.0

NOTE: If you have previously used "Restricted Driver Manager" or "nvidia-xxx-glx" then you're going to have to do these things before you can install the new driver (otherwise proceed directly to Step #1) :

- Open Adept or Synaptic, or use apt-get, and remove --purge linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r`
- Remove any and all packages beginning with "nvidia-..." (see command line below)
- Use your editor in root mode to open the file /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common, and on the last line where it says

DISABLED_MODULES=""

insert "nv" between the quote marks, so it reads:

DISABLED_MODULES="nv"

and save it.

so i start off by removing the previous drivers with EnvyNG, the whole screen turns totally black, without any choice, i continue with the guide from " http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...0&postcount=13 "

by doing ctrl+Alt+f1 i ended in the console mode, start of with
code: sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop
code: sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
the driver is "nv", nothing changed here

i skip step 4 to uninstall my driver because i only remember it was 177, so i got back to the GUI
code: sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start

nothing seems changed, the screen is still pitch black, i go back to console mode and continue with step 7,
code: sudo rm /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx (unable to do so, it seems that something is missing)
code: sudo rm /etc/init.d/nvidia-kernel (success, nvidia kernel is removed)

code: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.22-pkg1.run
the new driver is install, which i follow back to the link you suggested at step 8.
a. accept the license
b. remove prior driver =y
c. download a kernel interface? = Y (not success, no internet connection detected, nividia itself later complile its own kernel interface.
d. install nvidia 32 bit compatibility opengl libraries = y
e. run the nvidia-xconfig =y (nothing happen)

after installing i get back to the GUI, and the driver is 180.22, but it seems like everything is still the same.
any help?