[ubuntu-in] Loaded Ubuntu 7.10 in my desktop

[Onkar Shinde]

On 10/23/07, nan budh <nanbudh at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
>
> Mir Nazim <mirnazim at gmail.com> wrote:
>  On 10/22/07, Roshan wrote:
> > --- Mir Nazim wrote:
> >
> > > Just to let you guys know.
> > >
> > > Installed Gusty on my notebook Compaq 6515b. AMD 64
> > > X2 1.8GHz, 512 MB
> > > RAM, ATI Radeon x1200 series.
> >
> > > Works great!
> > >
> > > PS: I needed to do some extra stuff to get X
> > > working.
> > >
> > > Install using alternate CD(not liveCD)
> > > After install
> > >
> > > 1) got to terminal
> > >
> > > $ sudo killall gdm
> > > $ sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx
> > > $ sudo depmod -a
> > > $ sudo aticonfig --initiall
> > > $ sudo reboot
> Friends i installed gutsy on my AMD Athlon desktop on saturday after a
> learning session in gparted(thats another story) but finally it was
> installed. here is my opinion/impression at this point of time(keep in mind
> i am a lay user)
>
> Its buggy. At times its troublesome to the point of being useless. The
> colors and interfacing seems good but its freezing out all the time. since
> last 2 days it must have required a restart 7 times. I thought synaptic was
> the culprit but i am not sure now. i was using oowriter and suddenly criss
> cross lines appear on desktop background from nowhere. At times in firefox
> the webpage contents seem to spill out of the window border. At times the
> menu bar of the desktop grays out in patches.
> 6.06 was STABLE , no VERY STABLE and hardly ever required a reboot and
> hardly ever froze.
> Those of you who are from computer field please tell me how can a software
> which has been tested thoroughly in beta version by widespread community,
> have such problems?
> Do i need to do some xorg stuff? Please guide.

Try disabling visual effects from System->Preferences->Appearance and
if it helps you then file a bug that visual effects cause corrupt
graphics on your machine.


Onkar
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