[BozemanLUG] Ubuntu 10.04

[Robert Potter]

No I did a clean install.  The last time when upgrading from 9.04 to 9.10
things did not work out very well so this time I just ran with a clean
install.

What I did was backed up my files, bookmarks, etc. and then fixed my vista
boot loader.  Once I had vista properly booting I then used the MMC to
delete the partition that was holding linux.  Then I booted the Ubuntu
install disk and told it to use all available free space to install.  Then
after install I did the OS updates and transfered my data back over.

Over all it was pretty clean process and I keep installing all updates as
well.

The one thing that "might" be at play is that I run with the proprietary
nVidea drivers.  Since I make that change early on I have no idea if my
system would still have the problem without the driver.  And since I had not
been thinking about it until now, I have not tested this theory.  I might
have to.

-Rob


On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Scott Dowdle <dowdle at montanalinux.org>wrote:

> Rob,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > I have been using Ubuntu 10.04 and really like it over all. But I have
> > been experiencing some real buggy behaviors from it or so I think.
> > Nothing major but it "seems" for me the bulk of the buggy issues are
> > stemming from the right side of the top task bar. I have had the "my"
> > menu disappear including the shutdown menu, I have had my network
> > icons missing and even though I connect to the network router the icon
> > never comes back to the task bar. I have had two speaker icons of
> > which only one works.
> >
> > I guess I am a little surprised since this is a LTS release and I
> > expected a more solid product. I am running this on a Dell XPS M1530
> > w/2 gigs of RAM and have been dual booting with Ubuntu for roughly 2
> > or 3 years now without too many issues.
> >
> > Is anyone else experiencing issues similar to this or am I a fluke
> > instance? Let me also be upfront, I have not yet looked at the forums
> > nor am I asking for technical help. I just saw Scotts LUG email and
> > thought I would see what other Ubuntu users are experiencing.
> >
> > -Rob Potter
>
> Just out of curiosity, did you do a clean install or did you upgrade from a
> previous release?  If the later, my guess is that some of your previous
> personal settings are polluting the current environment.  We can talk about
> it more if that happens to be the case.
>
> TYL,
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