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buntu comes with several useful every last detail of Compiz and its effects The Resolution and Refresh Rate selec-
utilities for customizing your (see Figure 1).To start the program, enter tion lists are fairly self-explanatory. The
system and creating a new look ccsm either from the Run Application Rotation field allows you to configure
for your computer interface. If you are window (Alt+F2) or from the menu settings when more than one monitor is
interested in exploring some of the ad- item System | Preferences | Advanced connected. The drop-down boxes make
vanced techniques used by the experts, Desktop Effects Settings. it easy to select one of the available set-
these handy Ubuntu tricks should get tings.
you started. :fe]`^li`e^Dfe`kfi The Detect Display button begins a
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If the X.org driver for your graphics card leads you by the hand through the tricky change your configuration on a regular
supports 3D acceleration, then by de- steps of configuring your monitor. This basis, the activation box Show Displays
fault, Ubuntu 8.10 enables its 3D effects practical utility can be found in the menu in Panel provides a panel icon that lets
on the desktop. Ubuntu’s developers System | Preferences by choosing Screen you switch quickly between different
have integrated the Compiz Compositing Resolution, or enter gnome-display-proper- settings.
Manager into the desktop, and although ties in the Run Application window The Mirror Screens box causes every
tricks like window fades, drop shadows, (Alt+F2). monitor to show the same content.
true transparency, and the rest are all
treats for the eye, they also can be the
source of a significant drop in perfor-
mance.
To switch these effects on or off, go to
the menu item System | Preferences | Ap-
pearance, then click on the Visual Effects
tab and choose the option None.
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If you want to keep the 3D effects and
you want to configure more features in
addition to those described in the previ-
ous tip, then you should install the
compizconfig-settings-manager package
from the Universe repository. This pack-
age contains the CompizConfig Settings
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By default, when you boot the computer,
the system displays a splash screen with
a progress bar (see Figure 2). However, if
you want to follow what the system is
doing behind the scenes, you have vari-
ous ways to view the boot messages at
your disposal.
While the startup process is running,
you can press Alt+F1. Messages report-
ing on system services that are starting
or on hardware configurations fly by
until the graphical login management
program starts and shows its welcome
screen.
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If the startup process goes by too fast for
you to follow, launching dmesg from the First, you need to follow the procedure StartUp-Manager provides you with an
command line will allow you to view the outlined in the previous tip and load the easy-to-use graphical interface for modi-
messages once the system has booted. configuration file /boot/grub/menu.lst fying your Grub configuration. After you
Simply log in to the system as usual, into a text editor. install it, Startup-Manager will appear
start a terminal window (for example, by After that, scroll down to the entry for under System | Administration. When
pressing Alt+F2 and entering gnome-ter- Ubuntu and remove the quiet option you start the program, you must first
minal or konsole), and then type the fol- from the kernel line. enter your password to work as an ad-
lowing line: Instead of seeing ministrator.