Namely, I downloaded the needed packages (the code is copy-paste-able): Next, I followed the remaining information in this excelent thread in. For that, I chose the options: Linux x86_64 -> Mobility Radeon -> Mobility Radeon X1400 -> Go, reaching this page, and downloading this 38MB binary (for the record, the 32bit version of the drivers is exactly the same.
#Compiz fusion ubuntu download install
So, I googled a bit, and followed the most widespread recommendation: to install the latest non-free (sigh) driver from the ATI site. You can install this driver from the official Debian repositories, but for me those packages ( fglrx-driver and related ones) didn't do it. If you want to take the best out of your ATI card, you have to tell your X.org graphics server to use the fglrx driver, and not the default vesa one. The only relevant parts above are that it has an ATI graphics card (which, under Linux, sucks), and that it has Core 2 CPUs, which are amd64-capable (which is both great, for performance, and sucks, for drivers and software compatibilities). Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (128Mb dedicated/512Mb shared) Since I am on vacation, and I have plenty of time (although I don't want to spend all of it on my comp), I decided to give Compiz Fusion a try, mostly after seeing what it its capable of.įirst things first, the specs of my laptop are: So now I have a Debian Lenny partition, plus three other: the original WinXP, the Ubuntu Dapper I am still using as "main" OS, and a Fedora 7 I installed just because it came in a DVD with a magazine I bought for a train trip I had not brought any reading material with me :^) I have managed to install Debian Etch with no problem, but the wireless driver was not working properly (for me, a showstopper) until Lenny. Dapper is getting older, but I am not having good experiences installing Edgy and Feisty on the laptop. I have a previous post with what I've done to my laptop, and in that post it's not mentioned, but I managed (quite a while ago) to make Beryl work under Ubuntu Dapper Drake.