| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Documentation Chapter 2. Customizing Your Settings / 2.3. Configuring 3D Desktop Effects | ||||
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 | 2.2. Configuring Desktop Objects | 2.4. Configuring the Panel |  | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Documentation Chapter 2. Customizing Your Settings / 2.3. Configuring 3D Desktop Effects | ||||
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| 2.2. Configuring Desktop Objects | 2.4. Configuring the Panel | | |
Configuring desktop effects (Xgl) for your KDE desktop is as simple as a few clicks in YaST and the KDE control center ().
To find out whether your hardware supports desktop effects and to prepare for the configuration, proceed as follows:
Install the following packages with YaST: compiz-kde, xgl, xgl-hardware-list, and compiz.
Check whether your hardware supports desktop effects at all by
reviewing the /etc/X11/xgl-hardware-list file.
Download and install missing drivers if needed by following the vendor's instructions.
To enable 3D desktop effects on your desktop, proceed as follows:
Start YaST from the main menu or by pressing Alt-F2 and entering yast.
In YaST, select +.
In the list on the left, unfold the + entries.
Select the DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER entry and set
its value to Xgl.
Click to apply the changes.
Reboot your machine. Desktop effects should now be available to you.
These are the most prominent features available when using desktop effects and their default keyboard shortcuts:
Wrap your virtual desktops around a cube and rotate the cube to get to another virtual desktop. Rotate the cube Ctrl-Alt-→ or Ctrl-Alt-←.
Fly through the range of virtual desktops without having to use the pager and select the one to use. To change to this panel-like view, use Ctrl-Alt-↓. To scroll to a desktop left or right of the current one, keep holding Ctrl-Alt and use → and ←.
Zoom into certain parts of the desktop. Select the area to enlarge and right-click while holding the Windows key.
Show all windows opened on one virtual desktop as if they were resized so all fit in the display at once. Arrange the windows using Ctrl-Alt-↑. While holding down Ctrl-Alt, use the arrow keys to determine the focus.
Create virtual raindrops on your desktop and use a virtual windshield wiper to get rid of them. Toggle the raindrops with Shift-F9 and toggle the windshield wiper with Shift-F8.
![[Tip]](admon/tip.png) | Configuring Desktop Effects |
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Use the gnome-xgl-settings utility to select the type of desktop effects to run, configure keyboard shortcuts, and perform other fine-tuning related to the desktop effects. Run the gnome-xgl-settings command in a terminal window or the prompt. | |
To disable desktop effects in a running session, proceed as follows:
Open the KDE control center and select +.
In the group, set to .
your settings and leave the module.
To disable desktop effects permanently, proceed as follows:
Start YaST.
Select +.
In the list on the left, unfold the + entries.
Select the DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER entry and set
its value to Xorg.
Click to apply the changes.
Reboot your machine.
