HP Mini Guide - View Single Post - new GFX driver for Ubuntu v8.10

JeeBee · 12-05-2008, 11:57 PM

Okay, I enabled compiz.

I had tried running the vinstall script. DO NOT RUN THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT HASSLE.

If you have run it, you need to switch your via_chrome9.ko file back to the one that the VIA install replaced - luckily it created a backup of the old file, so you just rename the new one to via_chrome9.ko.failed, and the old one to via_chrome9.ko.

113 locate via_chrome9
114 cd /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/kernel/ubuntu/via_chrome9/
117 ls -l
118 sudo mv via_chrome9.ko via_chrome9.ko.fails
119 sudo mv via_chrome9.ko.viabak via_chrome9.ko
120 ls -l

Reboot. Enable Compiz. Works!

Oddly enough, the 2D seems slower now however...

Now to find the configuration for Compiz to enable some of the effects... apart from drop shadows on windows.

12-05-2008, 11:57 PM
JeeBee Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 42	Okay, I enabled compiz. I had tried running the vinstall script. DO NOT RUN THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT HASSLE. If you have run it, you need to switch your via_chrome9.ko file back to the one that the VIA install replaced - luckily it created a backup of the old file, so you just rename the new one to via_chrome9.ko.failed, and the old one to via_chrome9.ko. 113 locate via_chrome9 114 cd /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/kernel/ubuntu/via_chrome9/ 117 ls -l 118 sudo mv via_chrome9.ko via_chrome9.ko.fails 119 sudo mv via_chrome9.ko.viabak via_chrome9.ko 120 ls -l Reboot. Enable Compiz. Works! Oddly enough, the 2D seems slower now however... Now to find the configuration for Compiz to enable some of the effects... apart from drop shadows on windows.