Date: March 2, 2010 - appx 7:05 pm EST.

Installed 9.10 desktop on an AMD X2 64 bit system using the 64 bit
distribution.

I am currently running kernel version 2.6.31-19 - with all current
updates installed.

This &^...@!!!!! bug should be (IMHO) be rated as darn-near a show-
stopper severity and "5 alarm fire" for priority.

1.  It causes my system to become virtually unusable at times (randomly).
2.  There seems to be no workaround available - aside from removing the O/S and 
installing a different one. (i.e. The only way to fix M$ Vista is to un-install 
it and replace it with something that works!)

I am using the NVIDIA proprietary drivers (185)

Behavior of this bug as I see it:

1.  *Anything* that I do that causes a change or update in the system's 
configuration causes this issue to appear.  (i.e.  Update Manager, apt-get, 
software installation tools, etc.)
2.  The presence of this bug can and does provoke other occurrences of the bug.
(i.e.  The process of handling and reporting the bug in Apport triggers other 
instances of the bug - or so it seems)
3.  I get 3, 4, or 5 kernel oops's fired off at a time - one clobbering 
(stepping on) the other as they seem to compete for desktop and browser 
resources!  Because of this I have not been able to capture bug info to append 
to this.

IMHO, adding or removing software packages is a normal and expected
behavior.  Receiving and applying updates as they become available is
also a normal and expected behavior.  Launching, loading, and attempting
to USE this BLASTED OPERATING SYSTEM should also be considered a normal
and expected behavior.  However, in this case, it provokes these
problems.  Like the one gentleman said, if Microsoft, (or Apple or Sun),
had this problem, people would be all over their [donkey] like a dirty
diaper castigating them for such a piece of GAGH! O/S they had.

The range of system responses has gone from "ho-hum, another oops" - all
the way to a scrambled display, and a system frozen solid as a rock,
with just about every variation in between.

/rant  ( :-) )

I do appreciate everyone's efforts.  It's just frustrating as *#^!! when
I'm trying to get a machine with XP, Win7, and Ubuntu to multi-boot
properly - and it's *Ubuntu* that's giving me the real grief here.

Any hope for a fix anytime soon?

Thanks!

Jim

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