[MOVED] fading windows in/out...?

Hi,

i'm interested in trying to 'fade' windows in/out in zorin os core - at the moment the windows get 'sucked' down into their thumbnails, and in full screen get 'shuffled' in quite a jarring way when moving between them...i'd like the appearance/disappearance of the windows to be 'softer', more gentle... they don't have to get bigger or smaller, i'd just like them to appear and disappear more 'sensually'...

any info/advice on how i might approach this appreciated,

steve.

i've got version 6.3 which i'm booting into on a memory stick...

Hi,

what graphics card do you have and did you install any drivers using the "Additional Drivers Tool" in the System Settings menu??.

Regards Wolfman

err, not sure what graphics card i have - a toshiba laptop with an intel core i3 is all i can find info about - 2.30ghz...

i haven't installed any additional drivers...

i found out how to stop the 'jarring' movement in compiz settings - it was called 'dodge' , but the windows now just appear/disappear without fading in or out - i played with fade numbers in the compiz settings, but it doesn't seem to have changed anything...

Hi,

paste the following command in a terminal and paste the output here, of real interest is "VGA compatible controller":

Code:

lspci

You should get something like this:

Code:

wolfman@fred:~$ lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:08.1 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 430] (rev a1)
02:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
wolfman@fred:~$

Once we establish what drivers you might need, we can work on the problem. If you find out you have an Nvidia card, see this link:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2490

Regards Wolfman

hi again,

well, here's the message -

live@live:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Panther Point SMBus Controller (rev 04)
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 07)
live@live:~$

Hi steeve,

you have an Intel graphics card so the drivers are automatically installed in Zorin 6.3. ("00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)")

Try updating using the "dpkg" method per this guide and let us know what happens:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2247

For problems with Intel graphics cards, you would be better off looking on the Intel forum:

https://01.org/linuxgraphics/forums/general-discussion

Are all the plugins for installed Compiz?. Check in Synaptic by typing Compiz and see what plugin packages are installed.

Let us know what happens.

Regards Wolfman

I have zorin os 10 core it is constantly fading in and out and locking up, I have tried Ubuntu 14.04 tricks, zorin tricks, ect and it still fades in and out, also I have an Intel graphics card and the link you to has a broken link it gives me a 404 screen error

Does this driver work?:

https://01.org/linuxgraphics/blogs/thac ... .0.7-linux

no it did not work at all, below you will see my terminal install, I tried it twice.

wayne@daniel-SMBIOS-ThinkCentre-S51:~$ wget --no-check-certificate https://download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-KEY-ilg -O - | \
> sudo apt-key add -
--2015-11-05 19:26:28-- https://download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-KEY-ilg
Resolving download.01.org (download.01.org)... 172.225.251.79, 2600:1407:10:198::ae6, 2600:1407:10:185::ae6
Connecting to download.01.org (download.01.org)|172.225.251.79|:443... connected.
[sudo] password for wayne: HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1753 (1.7K)
Saving to: ‘STDOUT’

- 100%[=====================>] 1.71K --.-KB/s in 0s

2015-11-05 19:26:29 (4.33 MB/s) - written to stdout [1753/1753]


OK
wayne@daniel-SMBIOS-ThinkCentre-S51:~$ sudo apt-key add
gpg: can't open `': No such file or directory
wayne@daniel-SMBIOS-ThinkCentre-S51:~$ wget --no-check-certificate https://download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-KEY-ilg-2 -O - | \
> sudo apt-key add -
--2015-11-05 19:27:38-- https://download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-KEY-ilg-2
Resolving download.01.org (download.01.org)... 23.73.153.13, 2600:1407:10:198::ae6, 2600:1407:10:185::ae6
Connecting to download.01.org (download.01.org)|23.73.153.13|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 5509 (5.4K)
Saving to: ‘STDOUT’

- 100%[=====================>] 5.38K --.-KB/s in 0s

2015-11-05 19:27:38 (252 MB/s) - written to stdout [5509/5509]

OK
wayne@daniel-SMBIOS-ThinkCentre-S51:~$ intel-linux-graphics-installer
intel-linux-graphics-installer: command not found
wayne@daniel-SMBIOS-ThinkCentre-S51:~$

Hi steeev try also in compiz > effects > Animations

Just had a look at your earlier posts - you should not really be running Zorin 6.x any more:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9267