I've played some more with trying to get compiz to work and this is what I get now:
$ compiz --indirect-rendering --replace & [2] 15220 /usr/bin/compiz.real: GLX_SGIX_fbconfig is missing /usr/bin/compiz.real: Failed to manage screen: 0 /usr/bin/compiz.real: No manageable screens found on display :1.0 $ If I try "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa compiz.real --indirect-rendering --replace", compiz actually starts, but with the infamous white screen. -- as of feb 22 update, desktop-effects when enabled keep gnome from properly loading (panel-less) fiesty amd64 https://launchpad.net/bugs/87185 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs