Trying this work around resulted in the 9.04 desktop, but the mouse was not responding...
vriendelijke groet Gerrit H. Jongeneelen Roomtuintjes 60 1093 SR Amsterdam 0628035274 On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:56 AM, The Founder <presid...@yooter.com> wrote: > Julien , That may work.. but the problem isn't solved that way... > something is seriously wrong with compiz / gnome / intel 950 card... and > yet it worked before. > > If the solution is to use the older driver, then by all means have the > old driver be part of the initial install. I noted before (and still > firmly believe) than you can't have someone new to Ubuntu throw in that > live CD .. then be faced with a complete lockup of their machine. > > You just need one influential blogger to go out and say that happened on > their box... and bingo.. Ubuntu will be known as lockup central. > > Now I have successful upgraded 7 machines in this office to Ubuntu 9.10 > .. not a hitch.. it's just that machine that runs the Intel 950 graphic > accelerator. The problem is that it was a very popular card... so the > chances are this is a bigger problem... much bigger than what is being > reported because the machine locks up to the point where it can't > report... meaning you're not getting any automated crash reports from > it.. because the machine doesn't crash.. it locks. > > -- > Gnome Freezes -- Ubuntu 9.10 -- big time freezes. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/461163 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > This is my problem -- I can't boot in Gnome proper -- must use failsafe .. > Just did an upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 from 9.04 ... upgrade went ok.. then > within 30 seconds in Gnome.. it freezes... freezes to the point where I can't > even move the mouse, type anything.. must do hard reboot. > > Now Gnome failsafe works fine, I installed KDE to see if that works.. no > problem... just Gnome. > > I can't even see what the problem is because the computer locks up to the > point where a hard reboot is needed. > > It's a Compaq Presario - Celeron D > Intel 950 Video Card > 1.5 GB ram > > I cannot provide you with any more information regarding it because honestly > the computer locks up to the point where I can't reach terminal or click on > anything to find out what is wrong. > > Now I am not a big fan of having to use Gnome Failsafe... I can provide you > any information you need when the computer is in Gnome failsafe.. but I > cannot report squat when it locks up in Gnome > > Worth Nothing, this machine ran Ubuntu 9.04 without fail or errors... > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > CheckboxSubmission: 1923ca52bf5a2e4df6574cb43225cf73 > CheckboxSystem: 6ce041aeed0a2c17b3343b66d157175d > Date: Mon Oct 26 10:56:09 2009 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp > Package: yelp 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic > SourcePackage: yelp > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686 > -- Gnome Freezes -- Ubuntu 9.10 -- big time freezes. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/461163 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is a direct subscriber. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
