First open a terminal, you will not need it yet, but you will need it in a minute.
Now open mintMenu and go to Administration > Software Sources, when that has opened go to the “Third Party†tab and click on the “Add†button. Copy and paste the following sources in the box that pops up one at a time.
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deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/ edgy main
deb-src http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org edgy main
(only add the next one if you want unsupported experimental packages)
deb http://3v1n0.tuxfamily.org edgy beryl-svn
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sudo wget http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/root@lupine.me.uk.gpg -O- | apt-key add -
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sudo wget http://3v1n0.tuxfamily.org/DD800CD9.gpg -O- | apt-key add -
Next type the following command in to the terminal
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sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
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Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
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Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
You now need to restart the X-server by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace after closing any open windows.
When you have logged back in open a terminal and type
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sudo aptitude install beryl
Once that has finished installing type
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beryl-manager
Once beryl has started go to mintMenu > Preferences > Sessions and click on the “Startup Programs†tab, once there click the add button and type
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/usr/bin/beryl-manager