[ubuntu-uk] Visual Effects are greyed out

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

On 22/07/10 15:35, Dave Morley wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 15:32 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>   
>> I installed 10.04 Remix on my Laptop from a flash drive (because it's
>> MUCH faster than using the CD) but if I right-click on the desktop,
>> choose "Change Desktop background" and click on the Visual Effects tab,
>> it's set to None and all the options are greyed out.
>> I know that the graphics card is good because it runs Aero on (cough
>> cough!) Windows 7....
>> How do I enable this?
>>
>>     
> It possible needs 3d gfx drivers for the 3d stuff to work.  Do you know
> what card is in the machine?
>   

I don't. What command in the terminal should I issue?