Ubuntu
emerald package

  1. Bug #115283
  2. Comment #72

Comment 72 for bug 115283

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dsobiera (dsobiera) wrote :

  Using the ATI commercial driver that one gets through Ubuntu repos cannot be used for Desktop Effects because when installed via the Restricted Drivers Manager it states when trying to activate Desktop Effects that "the composite extension is not available". So until now, I had to use the free Radeon xorg driver (which locks my desktop up).

  However, on a whim I tried using Envy to install the latest commercial ATI driver. I did and I enabled desktop effects. There was no composite extension complaint. All went as expected. YAY!!

   I've been using desktop effects (incl animations plugin) with this Envy installed commercial driver for my X300 for 2 days now with no hangs.