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<sect2 id="compiz-fusion" status="writing">
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<title>Install Compiz Fusion</title>
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Compiz Fusion is a project that uses 3D graphics acceleration to bring new
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graphical effects and features to your desktop. The project resulted from the
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mergence of Compiz and Beryl (a previous project based on Compiz). This section
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describes how to install Compiz Fusion on Gutsy Gibbon.
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Before installing Compiz Fusion, you may need to check whether you have
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the correct drivers installed for your graphics card. Please refer to <ulink
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type="http" url="http://www.compiz.org/NVidia"/>, <ulink
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type="http" url="http://www.compiz.org/ATI"/> and <ulink
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type ="http" url="http://www.compiz.org/Intel"/> for
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information about nVidia, ATI and Intel graphics card drivers respectively.
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Go to &menuadept; (when prompted for a password at the <guilabel>Run as root -
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KDE su</guilabel> dialog, type in your password and press
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the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button).
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Install the following packages:
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compiz-fusion-plugins-main
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compiz-fusion-plugins-extra
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compiz-config-settings-manager
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After the installation finishes, you can run Compiz Fusion by
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pressing <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo> and typing
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the following at the <guilabel>Run Command</guilabel> dialog followed by
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pressing the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button:
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The following procedure describes how to configure Compiz Fusion to run at
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Go to <filename>~/.kde/Autostart</filename> using
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<application>Konqueror</application>.
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Right click the content area and
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choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Create New</guimenu><guimenuitem>Link to
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Application</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. This opens a properties tabbed window.
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In the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab, provide a descriptive
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name for the program e.g. Compiz-Fusion.
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Click the <guilabel>Application</guilabel> tab and type the
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following at the <guilabel>Command</guilabel> text box followed by pressing the
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button to finish and close the tabbed window:
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From now on, when you start <application>KDE</application>, Compiz Fusion
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should start up automatically.
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To configure Compiz Fusion, go to
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<menuchoice><guimenu>K-Menu</guimenu><guisubmenu>Settings</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>CompizConfig
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Settings Manager</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
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