Enable Compiz on Alienware M11x R2

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Published on 2010-11-01T20:16:44Z Indexed on 2010/12/28 5:59 UTC
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I want to enable compiz on my Alienware m11x r2 but when I try to I get a message that I have to enable Nvidia propietary drivers and I cant enable them because it will cause problems with next startup because the nvidia is the discrate GPU of my laptop, I had search a little on this here and here.

But I seem to not get it working right, if someone can help me I will thank you alot! I have also tried the vga-swticheroo thing with no results at all...

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