Installing and using compiz

[DylanDenney]

I installed compiz and enabled a few effects like desktop cube and some others, but i
can't seem to get the effects to work. I'm using the latest release 3.4. Any advice would be helpful.

[andreas122]

is compiz enable?
type this commant: compiz --replace

[DylanDenney]

When I type the command compiz --replace I get this error:

   sh: lspci: not found 
   /usr/local/bin/compiz.real (core) - Fatal: No composite extension 
                                                                                             

[tinypoodle]

Try to load pci-utils

[Arslan S.]

are you using compiz-base or just compiz ? don't forget you need a window decorator such as emerald, metacity etc.

and you may need to enable compositing in xorg conf file, using proprietary drivers automatically enables compositing such as nvidia and ati drivers

[DylanDenney]

Thanks for the reply's. I will give it a try.