migration winXP->Ubuntu Linux

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6. August 2007 - 15:39
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Silence, with the following line added in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf in the InputDevice section you enable all your moue buttons:

Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11"

All buttons are represented by a number, you can swap button functions by changing the order of the numbers. 1 and 2 are left and right mouse button, 3 is scroll click, 4 and 5 are usually scroll up and down. The rest I leave to you to find out.
I believe there is a way via Suse's graphical configuration program to bind these extra keys to a function or other key.

Concerning the Ati driver issue: just ignore the appended -64 to the download url of the driver and follow the install instruction. If you configured everything correctly and you get poor performance, just know that Ati drivers for Linux suck. Nvidia drivers are better performance wise, but as Beazt experiences, they don't play nice with the rest of the system.

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8. August 2007 - 6:44
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[h]iper[s]low wrote:

Run those commands and restart X11

sudo nvidia-xconfig --composite
sudo nvidia-xconfig --render-accel
sudo nvidia-xconfig --allow-glx-with-composite
sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals

It should help with borders.

For all these commands my terminal wrote "command not found"

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8. August 2007 - 11:05
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Dunno why?. You should have nvidia-xonfig tool installed on your system.
You can also hard edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

At those lines at the bottom of “device” section:
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"

At the bottom of “screen” section:
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "true"

At the end of file:
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Make sure that DefaultDepth is set to 24.

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8. August 2007 - 14:25
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nOObuntu!

Anyways if you want to setup two displays using one video card, it's pretty easy, just read xorg.conf manual, there is said how to do it(settings RightOf "screen-id" and LeftOf "screen-id").

About xinerama try to set in serverflags section of your xorg.conf:
Option "Xinerama" "On"

Here is good example : http://eko.one.pl/index.php?page=Xinerama
its is polish, but you can see how they configured xorg.

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12. August 2007 - 11:07
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some problems solutions:

Network card
if you need to force set speed of network card:
[code:1]sudo mii-tool eth0 -A 10baseT-FD[/code:1]
this will set settings to 10mbit fullduplex. For 100mbps (default) is it 100baseT-FD. If you dont want fullduplex write HD instead FD in the end of command

Nvidia graphic card + 3d efects
if you installed NVIDIA accelerated graphic driver and enabled special effects via system/settings/desktop effects you are now using gnome window manager - drawer that draws your theme and effects makes compiz. This combination is not ideal because of you can be limited in resolution. And if you will run
[code:1]sudo nvidia-settings[/code:1]
and change resolution, you have to save this change to xorg.conf file. Problem is, that after this operation can your compiz stop drawing themes for windows.
Solution: let download beryl-manager
[code:1]sudo apt-get install beryl[/code:1]
and add it to session for automatic run after startup. Install emerald
[code:1]sudo apt-get install emerald[/code:1]
start beryl
[code:1]beryl-manager[/code:1]
you will see red diamond nearby you system o´clock. Use rightclick and after click to 1st option you can administrate all graphic effects and turn on/off many functions. Click to "select window manager" and check if you have selected beryl. Now check option "select window decorator". Turn on option "standard beryl decorator (emerald". You still dont see borders around your windows. Now check option "advanced beryl options" - > "rendering path" and turn on "copy"[/b]

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