Having extreme issues getting Compiz working on Ubuntu 11.10 (32-bit)

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Published on 2012-03-28T05:39:24Z Indexed on 2012/03/28 5:42 UTC
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I have been working very hard the past few days to try to get Compiz configured and working correctly but I have been running into a lot of issues.

I first installed the CompizConfig Settings Manager and tried different features such as the desktop cube and couldn't get any of them to work. Then I read that I may not have the right graphics card drivers installed (Nvidia GT540m). So I went into the Additional Drivers tool and it shows that 'no proprietary drivers are in use on this system', which struck me as a bit odd as when I very first installed Ubuntu it showed that my Nvidia drivers were installed an active until I downloaded and installed the updates to Ubuntu and since then it's shown empty.

I then tried to install my graphics card drivers manually via this article How do I install the latest Nvidia drivers via the Additional Drivers tool?. I rebooted and had no issue although I tried to go back into the CompizConfig Settings Manager and couldn't get anything to work as well as my Additional Drivers tool still showed no drivers installed.

I feel like I've tried about everything I can think of and any help would be much appreciated!

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