Installing Beryl...

.Kencs

.Kencs

.Kencs

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Anyone got a link which is SIMPLE to use to install? I have downloaded Beryl, just ain't got a clue how to install it...
 
What distro are you using? To the best of my knowledge Beryl and Compiz joined forces years ago, forming Compiz Fusion; Beryl is out of date and no longer used/supported. Download and install Compiz - it's in the repositories for most distros.
 
Which distro?
Most of them have beryl in the repo's so should just be yum install beryl or apt-get install etc.
However as manic said, pretty sure its outdated :)
 
Just found a site that tell you what to put in Terminal to install Compiz but just get this:

compiz --replace
Checking for Xgl: not present.
xset q doesn't reveal the location of the log file. Using fallback /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Detected PCI ID for VGA:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present.
Trying again with indirect rendering:
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Checking screen 1Comparing resolution (1280x1024) to maximum 3D texture size (8192): Passed.
Checking for Software Rasterizer: Not present.
Checking for nVidia: not present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
running under gnome seesion, checking for gnomecompat
Checking for Xgl: not present.
/usr/bin/compiz.real (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling YV12 image format

Im actually starting to get pretty stressed with Linux, probably because nothing is straight forward to do lol...
 
Ubuntu comes with it already installed, all you need to do is enable the desktop effects :)

Open the compiz config and enable the cube and any other affects you want, you will need the 3rd part drivers enabled (i think ubuntu tells you this anyhow)
Looking at that error message would suggest your not using hardware 3d
 
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LizardKing said:
Ubuntu comes with it already installed, all you need to do is enable the desktop effects :)

Open the compiz config and enable the cube and any other affects you want, you will need the 3rd part drivers enabled (i think ubuntu tells you this anyhow)
Looking at that error message would suggest your not using hardware 3d
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I ticked it, and everything seems OK, so no error message came up, how do I use the 3D cube as I cant get the cube effect :confused:
 
OK. I can't remember exactly, as I'm on my work PC at the moment and therefore running Windows, but the process to get this going should be pretty simple. The first thing that you need to do is to enable restricted drivers for your graphics cards; I'm not entirely sure where this is in the menus but it shouldn't require the terminal.

Next up, you'll want to install ccsm (short for "CompizConfig Settings Manager"). I'm not sure if this is already installed on 9.10, but if not it should be easy enough to find in Synaptic.

Finally, go to the appearance menu, and enable effects. You can then run ccsm to change which effects are being used.
 
manic111 said:
OK. I can't remember exactly, as I'm on my work PC at the moment and therefore running Windows, but the process to get this going should be pretty simple. The first thing that you need to do is to enable restricted drivers for your graphics cards; I'm not entirely sure where this is in the menus but it shouldn't require the terminal.

Next up, you'll want to install ccsm (short for "CompizConfig Settings Manager"). I'm not sure if this is already installed on 9.10, but if not it should be easy enough to find in Synaptic.

Finally, go to the appearance menu, and enable effects. You can then run ccsm to change which effects are being used.
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I've got all that, i just cant get the 3D cube effect I've seen on others...
 
Have you run CompizConfig Settings Manager? One of the settings in there is for 3D Cube...set up 4 desktops, enable that and hey presto.
 
Don't suppose you got a screen show of what I need to click have ya? I got several different options I can choose from for Display and 3D Cube. If I hold down Ctrl+Alt and move my mouse, I can flick between screens, but don't get the cube effect still :(
 
Sorry mate, I'm at work so I'm not entirely sure what needs to be selected. I think that you need to have 3D Cube and Rotate Cube selected...
 
If you click into desktop cube, there should be an option to set some keyboard shortcuts. Set those and you should be able to spin the cube round. Can't remember what the mouse shortcut is...
 
Think I may just give up...Tried changed aload of settings and It must be something I'm doing/not doing which is why it ain't working. I can flip my desktop, just not get the cube effect I want...Still unsure if I like Ubuntu or Windows...Swaying more towards Ubuntu though :)
 
I think that it's just control and then left click and drag to use the cube.

What do you mean when you say that you can flip your desktop? Do you mean that when you drag the mouse you "pull" the desktop, and it flips over to a second one? How many virtual desktops do you have? If it's only two, you won't get a cube; you need four...
 
manic111 said:
I think that it's just control and then left click and drag to use the cube.

What do you mean when you say that you can flip your desktop? Do you mean that when you drag the mouse you "pull" the desktop, and it flips over to a second one? How many virtual desktops do you have? If it's only two, you won't get a cube; you need four...
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But i didn't change it to 2 in the first place, which is why I cant change it to 4...
 
.Kencs said:
But i didn't change it to 2 in the first place, which is why I cant change it to 4...
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Any chance you could click on the Desktop Cube menu and show me a pic of the settings? I think that somewhere in there will be a setting for "Horizontal Desktops" which needs to be set to 4...
 
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