Installation of the simplest graphics card driver in Ubuntu8.10 and 8.04 and diagram of the 3D desktop enabling process

Directory: (1) hardware configuration: (2) the simplest method to install the latest official driver of the ATI or Nvidia graphics card: (3) What should I do if I restart the black screen of my computer after the video card is installed? (4) When a new video card driver is installed, the screen is black. How can I return to the graphic interface? Can I use XP only? (5) If everything goes well, the official driver of the video card has been correctly installed. (6) After the graphics card driver is installed, install compizfusion to try the 3D desktop. (7) Has fusion-icon been started, but no special effect is returned? (8) Number of 3D desktops

Directory:

(1) hardware configuration problems:
(2) the simplest method for installing the latest official driver for ATI or Nvidia graphics cards:
(3) What if the black screen of the computer is restarted after the video card is installed?
(4) When a new video card driver is installed, the screen is black. How can I return to the graphic interface? Can I use XP only?
(5) If everything goes well, the official driver of the video card has been correctly installed.
(6) After the graphics card driver is installed, install compiz fusion to try the 3D desktop.
(7) Has fusion-icon been started, but no special effect is returned?
(8) How do I set the number of 3D desktops?
(9) What if there is no border or title bar in the window sometimes?
(10) How do I pause 3D effects?
(11) How do I pause the Emerald theme effect?
(12) how to upgrade compiz fusion to 0.7.6 or 0.7.8?
(13) how to set different wallpapers for each desktop?
(14) How do I set the wallpaper on the top, bottom, and rotating the background?
(15) how to change a 3D desktop cube into a cylindrical or sphere?
(16) After 3D is enabled, only 1/4 of the desktop can be displayed. How can this problem be solved?
(17) How do I install other compiz plug-ins, such as the Flying Snow special effect?
(18) I don't have a camera. How can I record my 3D desktop animation to my friends?

(1) hardware configuration problems:

Although it is said that some friends can run 3D desktops in Linux with machines with lower configurations, if there are higher configurations, it will obviously run smoothly. If you are planning to purchase a new video card, we recommend that you select a lower-level video card than the "latest highest configuration". This method is applicable to mainstream Nvidia and ATI graphics cards, but not for Intel graphics cards and some old graphics cards, I am AMD64 dual-core 3800 + and Nforce 7600GT in 1 GB memory, most of the 3D effects are enabled, very smooth. Try to install the latest and most complete Ubuntu version. In this tutorial, the 3D desktop is successfully enabled in Ubuntu 8.04, 8.04.1, 8.10, and AMD64. After the Ubuntu system is installed, you can usually start the graphical interface to log on, but this does not mean that the graphics driver has been installed.

(2) the simplest method for installing the latest official driver for ATI or Nvidia graphics cards:

Let envyng, the dummies software, help you!

The advantage of using envyng to install a driver is that it will automatically uninstall conflicting software packages,

Some support software packages that need to be installed on the 3D desktop will automatically help you install them. For example, Nvidia glx software packages.

The association between these software is complex. It is troublesome and error-prone to manual installation.

First, make sure that you can connect to the Internet. In the graphic interface, click "System"-"System Management"-"software source" in the taskbar"

In the drop-down menu of "Download from" in the pop-up window, change the default "China server" to "master server ".

Click "close" and some files will be automatically updated.

Then, click "System"-"System Management"-"New Software Package Manager" in the taskbar"

In the menu bar, click "edit"-"Search"-enter envyng-gtk and select it. The system prompts you to install envyng-core,

Select the check box and click "application" to automatically download and install (If your Ubuntu has KDE installed, you can also download envyng-qt for installation ). For example

On the command line installation method, click "application"-"attachment"-"terminal" in the taskbar ",

Run the following command: sudo apt-get install envyng-gtk

If you cannot access the graphic interface, you can also log on to the terminal after startup. Use this command to install envyng.

If it is a 64-bit CPU system, the system may prompt "/usr/lib32/libGL. so.1" error when installing envyng,

Solution: click "application"-"attachment"-"terminal" in the taskbar and enter the following command:

Sudo ln-s/usr/lib64/usr/lib32

Then install envyng to complete the installation.

After envyng is installed, envyng can be started in "application"-"System Tools" on the taskbar,

After the video is started, select "ATI" or "NVDIA" based on your video card type in the box on the left ",

On the right side, we recommend that you select the default (Automatic Hardware Detection) to automatically detect Hardware installation,

Click "application" to automatically download and install the official driver. (See)

What should I do if I have installed envyng but cannot find the envyng graphic interface?

Because envyng has different versions, the 1.1.1ubuntu3 version of envyng-gtk has no graphic interface,

In this case, you can use the command line method to envyng to install the video card driver,

Click "application"-"attachment"-"terminal" in the taskbar and enter the following command: sudo envyng-t

Then there will be a menu, please select according to your graphics card needs:

1-Install the NVIDIA driver to Install the NVIDIA graphics card driver
2-Uninstall the NVIDIA driver to Uninstall the NVIDIA graphics card driver
3-Install the ATI driver to Install the ATI graphics card driver
4-Uninstall the ATI driver to Uninstall the ATI graphics card driver
5-Restart the Xserver Restart X Service (graphical interface)
6-Restart your computer
7-Exit

Take the NVIDIA graphics card as an example. After "1" is selected, the following driver versions will be listed for installation:

0. 177.80-0ubuntu2
1. 173.14.12-1-0ubuntu4
2. 96.43.05-0ubuntu10
3. 71.86.04-0ubuntu10

Select "0" by default and press enter to automatically download and install the latest official driver,

After the installation is complete, you will be prompted whether to restart the computer, select "0 Yes" to restart or "1 No" to restart.

If the video card driver of this version does not work after the computer is restarted, you can also choose 1, 2, 3... Try drivers of other versions.

How can I restore to the status before envyng installs the driver?

If an error occurs during the installation process, such as a sudden power failure or no video card driver is available in envyng,

You can also use the following command to restore the status before the envyng installation:

Sudo envyng -- uninstall-all