[11.04]-Turn Off Unity & Use Classic Gnome?

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Tue Feb 15 04:10:38 UTC 2011


On 02/14/2011 07:32 PM, Goh Lip wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:23:14 +0800, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> Unity drives me nuts as well - worst desktop that I've *ever* used.
>> When you log in, select the username. At the bottom of the screen you
>> can select which desktop you'd prefer to use. On my HP G60 laptop I
>> found that using 'Ubuntu Classic Desktop' crashes and causes multiple
>> issues (I've not bothered to file bug reports yet as I only boot into it
>> every few days). The only way that I can get a reliable gnome desktop is
>> to use 'Ubuntu Classic Desktop (No Effect)'. That, for me is reasonably
>> stable.
> 
> 
> Perhaps it's due to this....
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/711409
> 
> Crashes too on kubuntu, unless graphics driver turned off.
> But I'm only testing on iso boots, have not installed to a partition.
> 
> Regards - Goh Lip
> 

Probably not as the G60 has no nvidia:
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*-display:0
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
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But thanks anyway :-) I'll search around launchpad and see if I can find
an intel related isse as well.









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