<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.12.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> Hello Gals/Guys, When starting Ubuntu 6.10 I get the normal Ubuntu picture and the Yellow Line booting up and then the screen goes black and a little window comes up saying: 'The greeter application appears to be be crashing. Attempting to use a different one !"  Then a Gnome window comes up and I can sign in. I can operate with this, but is this likely to get worse and can this be fixed ? With 'evolution' mail I have tried to get the sound working, but no success and there is no 'beep' either. I have checked the settings and ticked the 'mail warning' box and it shows also 'every 10 minutes' , but it appears to be mute. I like the idea of the voice saying: 'You've got email'.  How can this be fixed, please ? And finally the "printer icon" has disappeared. The printer still works after using the 'file', the icon then temporarily appears on the panel, but disappears when the print job is done. Is there a fix for this, please ? I know I am a newbie, but I like this system better than the idea of fiddling with MS Vista, fussing about which program from XP it will accept, besides it is too expensive.  Anyway, I thank you for your expertise, in advance greetings <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- Tony Brow <<A HREF="mailto:tbrow@tpg.com.au">tbrow@tpg.com.au</A>> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>