"the cube"

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zues

"the cube"

Post by zues »

o.k. ,,,, I have read, watched a bazillion youtube vid's, updated and installed everything anyone has said,,,
I CANNOT GET THE CUBE RUNNING !!!.
PLEASE help.
SATELITE A215
MINT 12 (LISA)
KERNEL 3.0.0-12-GENERIC
1.8 GIG MEMORY
PROCESSOR 1 -AMD TURION 64 X2 TL-56
PROCESSOR 2- AMD TURION 64 XS TL-56
AVAILABLE DISC SPACE 122 GIG
ATI GRAPHICS
didnt think I was a newb,,,,,,,,,but apparently,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Re: "the cube"

Post by remoulder »

The desktop cube was part of the compiz window manager in earlier versions. It is not used in lisa as it is not compatible with gnome shell but can be installed and used in the MATE desktop.
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zues

Re: "the cube"

Post by zues »

so running in "mate" does it.?
zues

Re: "the cube"

Post by zues »

even in mate with configuration and restarts ,,nothing,,,, how does it enable and start.?
bu99zy

Re: "the cube"

Post by bu99zy »

zues wrote:even in mate with configuration and restarts ,,nothing,,,, how does it enable and start.?

Install fusion-icon, this will start compiz and also has settings for the manager and window decorations like emerald
zues

Re: "the cube"

Post by zues »

seriously, thank you,, its working,,now to figure out the settings to get it smaller'thanks !!
claudecat

Re: "the cube"

Post by claudecat »

For those into "the cube": I'll bet many of you don't even realize that that functionality is possible (with the right graphics hardware of course) out of the box with KDE (Mint's or any other). I still have issues with compiz on the few remaining non-KDE installs I have - after years of messing with it. Only LMDE, Zorin and Puppy (with xfce+compiz) get it completely right on my rig. The cube generally works, but there are usually issues with transparency of cube caps and incorrect skydome rendering. KDE always gets it right with no issues... even using nouveau and open ati drivers lately. I'll not miss compiz when it inevitably dies!
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