Ubuntu 3D Desktop Howto

Small video tutorial to enabled 3D effects and add a application dock bar in Ubuntu Karmic 9.10.




This video was created in Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha, using a ATI RS480 built-in gfx chip-set on a Shuttle ST20G5. It's kind of slow because the recording software brings the frame-rate to it's knees, on this box. Otherwise it is fast enough when I'm not recording the desktop to a video.

This also works without problems with Intel or nvidia video chip-sets in Ubuntu 9.10. But for nvidia you need to install the proprietary drivers first.

Ubuntu Jaunty unstable with video ATI chipset

If you have a laptop or machine with a ATI video card and you install Ubuntu Jaunty, you probably notice it's not stable and X freezes very frequently.

This fixed my problem:

# http://temp.minimum.se/mesa_with_fixed_ati_bug/
# 32 bit
wget http://temp.minimum.se/mesa_with_fixed_ati_bug/libgl1-mesa-dri_7.4-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
wget http://temp.minimum.se/mesa_with_fixed_ati_bug/libgl1-mesa-glx_7.4-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i libgl1-mesa-dri_7.4-0ubuntu3_i386.deb libgl1-mesa-glx_7.4-0ubuntu3_i386.deb

# for 64 bit
# replace i386 with amd64

Reference:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/368049