[BozemanLUG] Ubuntu 10.04

[Scott Dowdle]

Rob,

----- Original Message -----
> 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.

So you backed up your home directory and then restored it post-fresh-install?  If so, then that means you have all of your user configs hanging around just like you would from an upgrade.  Assuming it isn't too painful to redo your personal configs, I'd recommend you log out of the graphical environment, switch to a text-console, login, and move your .gnome* (and any related files/dirs) out of the way.  Logout.  Switch back to the GUI, login... and see if that helps.

I doubt it is related to the nVidia driver but I could be wrong.  So, how well does the Nouveau(sp?) driver work for you?  Any chance you could live without the proprietary driver?

TYL,
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