Linux Compiz-Check : Will Compiz work for you?

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Compiz-Check is a script to test if Compiz is able to run on your system/setup and if not, it will tell you the reason why.

The script is suitable for GNOME, KDE and Xfce users and is not limited to a specific Linux distribution – in fact, the script lists those infos for you.

The test consists mainly of three parts:

1. List relevant system information
2. Run several Compiz related checks
3. . Check for problematic hardware and problems with the setup in use.

So the output will eventually look like this:

If anything is OK like in this example, your system is most probably able to run Compiz.
In case anything fails, you will be prompted a reason and ideally a hint how to solve the problem.

Compiz-Check will not run Compiz for you, nor will it do any changes to your system (unless you specifically say so).

Installation : -

• Open Terminal and type this

wget [url]http://blogage.de/files/3557/download[/url] -O compiz-check

• Afterwards, you have to make it executable:

chmod +x compiz-check

• To run simply type

./compiz-check

2'nd Installation Method :

• Download the Script : Compiz- Check Script
  
• Past it in /home/user name folder
  
• Afterwards, you have to make it executable:

chmod +x compiz-check

• To run simply type

./compiz-check

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[Quad Master]

Thanks a lot for the info

 

[linuxtechie]

But it works out of the box... err on Ubuntu... hmmm errrr..

~LT

 

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^^Not for everyone .. There's a bug in Ubuntu hardy which seems to be be there till 8.04.1 http://launchpad.net/bugs/152271

 

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Version 0.3 is out with lots of bugfixes..:hap2:

• 0.3 (current):General clean-up, extended $PATH for lspci on SuSE, fixed and enhanced distro detect, proper XDG usage, (hopefully) fail proof deactivation of Metacity's compositing manager, abort when trying to run the script being root.