Install Eye Candy (nVidia)

• Preparation

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_backup
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

• Find this section

Section "Module"
 Load "i2c"
 Load "bitmap"
 ...
 Load "type1"
 Load "vbe"
EndSection

• Comment out dri and GLcore (if present)

Trouble

# Load "dri"
# Load "GLcore"

• Make sure the glx module is loaded

 Load "glx"

• Find this section (your values may vary)

Section "Device"
 Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX Go5200]"
 Driver  "nv"
 BusID  "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

• Replace with the following lines, leaving the Identifier and BusID as it is

Section "Device"
 ...
 Driver  "nvidia"
 ...
 Option  "RenderAccel"  "true"
 Option  "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection

• Find this section

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device  "NVIDIA Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX Go5200]"
 Monitor  "Generic Monitor"
 DefaultDepth 16

• Make sure DefaultDepth is set to 24, if it isn't already

 DefaultDepth 24

• Save the edited file

• Install Xgl + Compiz

sudo cp /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom-backup
sudo gedit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom

• Scroll to the bottom of the file and replace "servers" section with the following lines, then save the file.

[servers]# Override display 1 to use Xgl
0=Xgl

[server-Xgl]
name=Xgl server
command=/usr/bin/Xgl :0 -fullscreen -ac -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:fbo
flexible=true

• Edit your sources.list (sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list) and add the following line to the bottom:

deb http://gandalfn.club.fr/ubuntu edgy dev

• Save the file. You must also download the gpg key by running the following command:

gpg --keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 0x483170E9 ; gpg --export -a 0x483170E9 | sudo apt-key add -

• After doing the above you must update apt-get:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

• Now install all necessary packages:

sudo apt-get install compiz compiz-plugins gnome-compiz-manager xserver-xgl libgl1-mesa xserver-xorg libglitz-glx1

• To start Compiz you can type the following into a terminal:

compiz-tray-icon

• You should then see a Compiz icon on your gnome panel. Right click on it and select "GL Desktop".You may also want to add this command to your session start-up programs list.
• Another useful utility is Compiz Settings Manager.Download from http://www.go-compiz.org/index.php?title=Compiz-Settings

• Troubleshooting
  • If Xgl/Compiz doesn't seem to work, or you get errors, simply restart your machine. (Recommended)