New Install No Shutdown - Cant See CAPS

[ks-dt]

Hi

This is my first time using Compiz.

New Ubuntu Installation - latest Release Fisty Fawn.
Compac Laptop
ATI Video
1gb Ram
+3000 CPU

I am actually in shock i managed to install and configure this package with me being a noob to all things Linux.

XGL and the latest ATI drivers took me a few hours to get my head around but once i seen the Effects in action i found the next 2 days just disapeared and i didnt really do any work, i just played. LOL my boss thanks you.


Problems or items i cant work out.

1: This was a fresh Ubuntu install, i had shutdown buttons etc. After getting everything installed i noted the shutdown button is gone and i find myself using shutdown -h now

2: I can not work out how to view the top and bottom of my Cube.

I took a short record of my desktop Click To View Video (http://www.da-bratz.com/modules.php?name=Video&op=view&video_id=72)
NOTE:
Please wait for the video to start, it does seem to take a little bit of time before it starts to play.

I would also like to know how to use 3D windows and how to use the emerald theme system. Does anyone know of a good link to explain how to use and change themes?

Thanks
KS-DT

[adamk]

For item 1) Make sure you have these two lines in your startxgl.sh script, after launching Xgl and setting the DISPLAY to :1:

cookie="$(xauth -i nextract - :0 | cut -d ' ' -f 9)"
xauth -i add :1 . "$cookie"

My startxgl.sh script reads like so:


#!/bin/bash
Xgl -fullscreen :1 -ac -br -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:fbo +xinerama &
sleep 2
DISPLAY=:1
cookie="$(xauth -i nextract - :0 | cut -d ' ' -f 9)"
xauth -i add :1 . "$cookie"
exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session


As for item 2) Can you rotate the cube by holding down the alt+control key and grabbing the desktop? You should be able to freely rotate the cube after doing that (assuming, of course, that the rotate cube is enabled).

Have you tried starting emerald-theme-manager to see what options it offers and what themes you currently have installed?

And, finally, I was going to watch the video, but the server complained that I was using an invalid User Agent and, therefore, I was unworthy of viewing the video (alright, so that's not the wording it used, but that was the impression) :-)

Adam

[ks-dt]

For item 1) Make sure you have these two lines in your startxgl.sh script, after launching Xgl and setting the DISPLAY to :1:

cookie="$(xauth -i nextract - :0 | cut -d ' ' -f 9)"
xauth -i add :1 . "$cookie"

My startxgl.sh script reads like so:


#!/bin/bash
Xgl -fullscreen :1 -ac -br -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:fbo +xinerama &
sleep 2
DISPLAY=:1
cookie="$(xauth -i nextract - :0 | cut -d ' ' -f 9)"
xauth -i add :1 . "$cookie"
exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session


As for item 2) Can you rotate the cube by holding down the alt+control key and grabbing the desktop? You should be able to freely rotate the cube after doing that (assuming, of course, that the rotate cube is enabled).

Have you tried starting emerald-theme-manager to see what options it offers and what themes you currently have installed?

And, finally, I was going to watch the video, but the server complained that I was using an invalid User Agent and, therefore, I was unworthy of viewing the video (alright, so that's not the wording it used, but that was the impression) :-)

Adam

Thank you so much Adam my shutdown works again and rotate cude is working.

Themes

When i click emerald theme manager i have themes on the first tab. If i select one on the theme tab and do compiz --replace the theme selected seems to work and is default when i reboot. emerald --replace doesnt seem to do anything for me at all.

Im thinking its just me not knowing what i am doing.

Thanks heaps for the help and pls if you could tell me more about your access to my server issue i will be glad to fix it. That site uses sentinal so maybe your IP range is not included. please let me know your range and ill be happy to add it. That is if this is the issue, im only guessing.

Cheers
KS