Quality drop in the latest version?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 12:09:55AM +0100, Darren Wheatley wrote:

> > What is the default SDL sound driver?  It hasn't changed, so the default
> > must have worked for you previously.
> 
> It did, which is why this new build is odd. Could this be a kernel problem?

If sound works in other applications, it's not likely to be a kernel
problem.

> I haven't made any changes other than a few apt-gets.
> 
> I installed:
> 
> supertux
> tuxracer
> thunderbird
> java2sdk (from the Sun bin release)
> Eclipse (just unzipped)

You could try removing these, just to be sure that you're working with a
minimum of unknowns.

> > xmms does not require libmikmod2.  This is a bug caused by the proprietary
> > nvidia drivers.  You can install libmikmod2 as a workaround, but only
> nVidia
> > can fix the true bug.
> 
> I did an "apt-get nvidia-glx" both times from the universe, but I guess the
> package could have changed between the two builds.

This bug has been present for nearly a year, though I suppose the symptoms
could vary with circumstances.

> > I do not think this has even been created by the installer, or otherwise.
> > The "Home" menu item in the Computer menu opens your home directory, not
> the
> > Documents directory.
> 
> It tries to open the Documents folder on my machine. That is straight after
> the build and a few apt-gets. I'll check again tomorrow just to be sure.
> BTW, this was from a link that I added to the panel, rather from the
> Application menu.

I just tested creating a "Home" icon to the panel, and it opens my home
directory as I expect.  Perhaps you added a "Documents" one rather than
"Home"?

> > It has worked for others; perhaps you can provide more detail.
> 
> Nothing happens when I drag and drop the files. Refreshing the view shows no
> change.
>
> Any help I can give would be fine. Just let me know. If you need me to
> install the old version of Ubuntu I still have the ISO.

Anything you can try in order to narrow down the problem would be appreciated.

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 - mdz