I am trying to get Compiz to work in Ubuntu 11.10. I have FGLRX installed and the "Additional Drivers" screen seems to report that FGLRX is active and currently in use. I have tried using CCSM to enable the desktop cube. It seems to be enabled, yet I cannot get the affect, or any of the other compiz affects (e.g. wobbly windows) to actually happen. I would also like to get the scale plugin work.
My questions are:
- what do I need to do to make sure that FGLRX is running (I have an HP dv7 laptop with both Intel and ATi graphics)?
- once the graphics are setup correctly, what do I do to get the desktop cube and the scale addon to actually work?
Thank you for the help.
Update
stevejb@telegraph:~$ glxinfo | grep direct
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 155 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 12
Current serial number in output stream: 12
Update
Reinstalling the open source ati drivers seemed to fix the problem. All is working now.