Every time I turn on kubuntu the desktop effects have been disabled and when I turn them back on I get a message saying Desktop effects have been disabled by another program. Then after I have turned them on any program I open will flicker every time I hover over the task bar or another open window any help to stop this would be much appreciated.

Sorry if I am in wrong forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kubuntu 32bit 10.10 fresh install
AMD Turion 64*2
ATI RADEON XPress 1250 HyperMemory

probably should tell us what graphics drivers you're using

I moved it to the Kwin forum

a more descriptive title would have been "desktop effects flicker and get disabled" or such

Ok sorry I am fairly new to it so how do I check what driver I have installed?Thanks in advance.

I don't know Radeon drivers (nor Kubuntu) one of these should tell you the driver used:

open kinfocenter -> Graphical Information -> OpenGL -> Direct Rendering -> Driver -> OpenGL version

or from Konsole type: LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo|grep "OpenGL version"

Ok I found that. Now would u be able to tell me how to find if there is another one that might fix the problem. I have attached a clip to show the driver that is installed.Thanks a million!!!!!!!!!!!

you don't share what card and what drivers you have

look here, this should explain how to install the proprietory one, I'm assuming you've got the opensource one https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI

try the following

go in system settings->desktop effects->enable desktop effects->apply

on the same page go to advanced and turn on compositing type to x render and press apply.

i had the same problem and this combination has fixed it for me...

hope this helps....

That worked but it slowed down the laptop to much so I said i would try Opensuse instead. Now with opensuse desktop effects work but the network manager doesn't.

X-dog wrote:That worked but it slowed down the laptop to much so I said i would try Opensuse instead. Now with opensuse desktop effects work but the network manager doesn't.

what doesn't work with openSuse network manager? you can bypass nm and use Yast to manage your connections

After I installed it there was a red x where the network connection icon should be, when I click on that the only tab that will open is the vpn tag so I can't create a connection and when I go to network connection in yast it will find the ssid of my router but I can't set up a connection any way. It won't let me ping my router either.

with Yast -> Network Settings do you you have "user controlled" or "traditional clicked"?
"user controlled" would be the KDE network manager, try "traditional" or if "traditional" is checked that's why network manager shows the red X

openSuse version and KDE version ?

if you type ifconfig in Konosle does your eth0 (or eth1) show an inet addr?

Ya that was it thanks a million. Hopefully that will be the last of my problems.

I done a clean install today because I didn't give myself enough disk space now my wifi is not working.It doesn't display any router when I scan. Very sorry to have to be asking again I have network manager on and I have a wired connection.

in networkmanager is the wireless enabled? and the wired works?

please start a new thread for your wireless problem

Ok will do thanks.