[BozemanLUG] Ubuntu 10.04

[Robert Potter]

Clarification as to backing up my system/files.  I am very old school plus I
run very little custom anything (too technical for me yet..lol).  So I copy
/ paste my individual documents, pictures and do a browser bookmark backup.
 I do not actually copy/backup my entire home folder/system files.

As to the driver, I can probably live without it.  I am a fan of using
actual vendor drivers but then I am also a fan of things working.  I know
that there are some effects that can be done on the desktop level only if
you have that driver installed although I am not sure I am actually using
any of those effects.

I will just have to test this and then consider what I want more, stability
or effects.  My issues are not major, they are all livable issues but are a
bit odd.

rob

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Scott Dowdle <dowdle at montanalinux.org>wrote:

> 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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