Well, I have a previous post with many steps. But after installing a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.10 I was able to skip all that and do just one simple step for Compiz Fusion. Well, maybe two steps:

Step 1. Click System > Administration > Hardware Drivers, and enable “ATI accelerated graphics driver”. Let is install what you need, and reboot when it says to. Then upon reboot:

Step 2. Use this command in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager gnome-art usplash startupmanager

And reboot again, and your set! You can now go to System > Preferances > Advanced Desktop Effects Settings, and set Compiz Fusion how you would like. You can follow the tuturial I used in the previous guide for this, Forlong’s Compiz Fusion Customization Guide.

The following couple steps allowed me to get my BSM43XX wireless internet card to work in my Presrio V5000 laptop, running Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.10. I found the steps at the Ubuntu Forums.

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This is from the Ubuntu Utah Ubuntu Forums. It took me well over a week to find this. If you follow this guide you will be able to get Compiz Fusion running perfect with a Presario V5000 laptop. These laptops have the ATI Radeon Xpress 200M series graphics card. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a guide to get wireless Internet working with Ubuntu 7.10 on a Compaq Presario V5000 laptop. I did not figure all of this out myself, but gathered and found it through a few sources. Its exactly what I did on my laptop. Guides I found gave more info then I needed, and this should help out people with a Compaq Presario v5000. Read the rest of this entry »