marcello_dl's Journal: Compiz fusion (gnome) for intel X3100

As root:

edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

If no extensions section add one, see below. Add the option anyway.

Section "Extensions"
                Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

and in Section Devices add

        Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"

add to /etc/apt/sources.list
#compiz
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/osrdebian unstable compiz-fusion-git

download the pgp key
wget http://download.tuxfamily.org/osrdebian/61B8DB62.gpg -O- | apt-key add -

install:

apt-get remove --purge compiz*
aptitude dist-upgrade
apt-get install -t unstable compiz-core compiz-gnome compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-fusion-plugins*

maybe it is needed the following too:
aptitude install 915resolution

As the logged in user, with the graphical desktop already running:
SKIP_CHECKS=yes compiz --replace

One can also install emerald and emerald-themes, possibly purging and reinstalling at every update.