Tip: disable eyecandy in Unity 3D (on Ubuntu 12.10)

If your video card is not up to dealing with translucency and blur effects, create the text file ~/.xprofile and put this in it:

Code:

export UNITY_LOW_GFX_MODE=1

This disables blur effects and translucency for various Unity elements, as is done when Unity uses llvmpipe - but without forcing software rendering. So your video card still does the work, but not as much work.

Obviously, YMMV, but this helped a lot on my laptop.

 

And where do you store this file?

 

~/ is UNIX shorthand for your home directory, it would be /home/$USER/.xprofile.

 

I get Compiz errors when I use Unity 3D. So I have switched to Unity 2D. Maybe it's because I don't install software updates, but I would like a better solution.

 

That would be on Ubuntu 12.04; 12.10 doesn't have Unity 2D at all, nor does it have low graphics mode.

What error do you get?