Failed to install the proprietary display driver, Compiz crashed!

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Published on 2012-10-07T07:22:02Z Indexed on 2012/10/07 9:51 UTC
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400

I was using the default open source driver with Gnome classic, but when I upgraded to the closed sourced one using jockey-gtk/additional drivers everything messed up! It failed to activate the driver. Here is the error log.

Wobbly windows or any other compiz effect won't work now. I can't even move a window!

I'm on Precise Pangolin, Kernel-3.2.0-31-generic-pae

Please Help! :(

Update:

I think my driver is installed even jockey doesn't show it. Compiz effects are working in Unity desktop... but I want it on Gnome Classic.

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