[Techtalk] ubuntu 7.04 desktop effects and upper bar buttons

[Wim De Smet]

On 6/23/07, Roberta Gallini <regina.amazzone at gmail.com> wrote:
> Last week I had the great idea (insert snicker here) to upgrade to Feisty.
> Apart from the fact that I didn't notice this great improvement, I
> have problems with toolbars.
> Everytime I log in and I open a new windows, the upper bar isn't there
> and to make it work I have to try and activate Desktop Effects, even
> if after a while I'm told that they cannot be activated.
> I have "googled" but so far I found people who solved either
> reinstalling everything (I tried that and it was exactly the same) or
> they have a different video card.
> I have an integrated VIA that never gave me problems with Dapper or Edgy.
> Any idea?

It sounds like "desktop effects" (i.e. compiz) is getting activated
while it really shouldn't (because it doesn't work on that hardware,
obviously). If you go into the desktop effects dialog, are all the
checkboxes grayed out? Perhaps clicking the button twice in a row will
disable it. I'd have to get my hands on an ubuntu machine to check how
it disables, as I recall the user interface wasn't very clear to begin
with. A common ubuntu problem.

greets,
Wim