cpuboye11 wrote: > thats besides my problem.. I will fix the mouse problem later, is there a way to make it so i can run these programs with out the flashing with out going back to Metacity --replace? No. Compiz conflicts with Wine - don't use it. Disable it/uninstall it. You also have to use closed source ati drivers if you want to get any performance out of your card. Open source drivers just doesn't cut it.