Re: [ubuntu-uk] Visual Effects are greyed out

2010-07-22 Thread Rob Beard
On 22/07/10 15:52, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 22/07/10 15:46, Dave Morley wrote: >> On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 15:36 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: >> >>> On 22/07/10 15:35, Dave Morley wrote: >>> On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 15:32 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > I installe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Visual Effects are greyed out

2010-07-22 Thread Rob Beard
On 22/07/10 15:32, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > I installed 10.04 Remix on my Laptop from a flash drive (because it's > MUCH faster than using the CD) but if I right-click on the desktop, > choose "Change Desktop background" and click on the Visual Effects tab, > it's set to None and all the opti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Visual Effects are greyed out

2010-07-22 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 22/07/10 16:16, Liam Proven wrote: > On 22 July 2010 15:52, Gordon Burgess-Parker > wrote: > > >> That just comes up with a window that says "No proprietary drivers on >> this system". >> BTW, I'm not RUNNING from a flash drive, I installed to my HDD FROM a >> flash drive... >> > What

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Visual Effects are greyed out

2010-07-22 Thread Liam Proven
On 22 July 2010 15:52, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > That just comes up with a window that says "No proprietary drivers on > this system". > BTW, I'm not RUNNING from a flash drive, I installed to my HDD FROM a > flash drive... What graphics chipset does your machine have? Make + model. -- L

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Visual Effects are greyed out

2010-07-22 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 22/07/10 15:46, Dave Morley wrote: > On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 15:36 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > >> On 22/07/10 15:35, Dave Morley wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 15:32 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: >>> >>> I installed 10.04 Remix on my Laptop from a flash

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Visual Effects are greyed out

2010-07-22 Thread Dave Morley
On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 15:36 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 22/07/10 15:35, Dave Morley wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 15:32 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > > > >> I installed 10.04 Remix on my Laptop from a flash drive (because it's > >> MUCH faster than using the CD) but if I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Visual Effects are greyed out

2010-07-22 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 22/07/10 15:35, Dave Morley wrote: > On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 15:32 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > >> I installed 10.04 Remix on my Laptop from a flash drive (because it's >> MUCH faster than using the CD) but if I right-click on the desktop, >> choose "Change Desktop background" and clic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Visual Effects are greyed out

2010-07-22 Thread Dave Morley
On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 15:32 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > I installed 10.04 Remix on my Laptop from a flash drive (because it's > MUCH faster than using the CD) but if I right-click on the desktop, > choose "Change Desktop background" and click on the Visual Effects tab, > it's set to None

[ubuntu-uk] Visual Effects are greyed out

2010-07-22 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
I installed 10.04 Remix on my Laptop from a flash drive (because it's MUCH faster than using the CD) but if I right-click on the desktop, choose "Change Desktop background" and click on the Visual Effects tab, it's set to None and all the options are greyed out. I know that the graphics card is goo