Compositing such as Compiz and AWN requires the use of a GL driver. You may not have one installed. You may also have compositing turned off. Try turning on effects. If you don't get any then you need a GL driver.
You can type lshw in a terminal and look at the display section if you do not know the card. Then it is a matter of finding a driver in the repositories. There is a tool for that at System, Administration, Hardware drivers. If that does not work then you will have to do some foot work. When it comes to graphics drivers many distros default to something safe such as VESA driver rather than risk someone having a blank screen, which is even more maddening. There is a lesson here. Six month releases are not for everyone. People who want stability should stick with two year or LTS releases, 8.04 and 10.04 etc. If you do not mind a little trouble now and again you can learn from six month releases. They are more bleeding edge. This is intentional. People get caught in the excitement of a new release and forget that Canonical offers two approaches. It is unfair to compare Ubuntu's six month releases with Vista or any other OS. 9.10 tries to push the envelope and keep up with Fedora and other bleeding edge distros. That is why it offers LTS releases. I understand why you are frustrated, but you need to re-evaluate your risk tolerance and needs. Also every OS has its own frustrations when you upgrade. Many Vista users who upgraded to Windows 7 are getting caught in an endless re-boot cycle and Microsoft cannot resolve it. OS/X Snow Leopard had its own problems. With both Windows and OS/X there are additional problems with licensing not working, something that Linux users are free of. Technology is frustrating no matter what you use. The problems keep changing that is all. Roy 2009/11/8 cmcanulty <[email protected]> > > > I had similar effect on a dell older laptop and by setting no visual > effects it cleared up > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
