Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - KDE 08-05-2008 Manual page 66

3 In the list on the left, unfold the Desktop > Display manager entries.
4 Select the DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER entry and set its value to Xgl.
5 Click Finish to apply the changes.
6 Reboot your machine.
These are the most prominent features available to you when using desktop effects and
their default keyboard shortcuts:
• Wrap your virtual desktops around a cube and rotate the cube to get to another
virtual desktop. Rotate the cube with Ctrl + Alt + → or Ctrl + Alt + ← key combi-
nations.
• Fly through the range of virtual desktops without having to use the pager and select
the one you want to use. To change to this panel-like view, use the Ctrl + Alt + ↓
key combination. To scroll to a desktop left or right to the current one, keep holding
Ctrl + Alt and use the → and ← keys.
• Zoom into certain parts of the desktop. Select the area to enlarge and right-click
while holding the Windows key.
• Fit all windows opened on one virtual desktop to be displayed in full so you can
easily switch focus between them. Arrange the windows by using the Ctrl + Alt +
↑ key combination. While holding down the Ctrl + Alt keys, use the arrow keys to
determine the focus.
• Create virtual raindrops on your desktop and use a virtual windscreen wiper to get
rid of them. Toggle the raindrops with Shift + F9 and toggle the windscreen wiper
with Shift + F8 .
TIP: Configuring Desktop Effects
Use the gnome-xgl-settings utility to select the type of desktop effects to run,
configure keyboard shortcuts, and perform other fine-tuning related to the
desktop effects. Run the gnome-xgl-settings command in a terminal
window or the Run Command prompt.
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Desktop effects should now be available to you.