[ubuntu-za] Niggling Post 9.10 upgrade issues
Robin Bownes
robin at ncedatrust.org.za
Sat Oct 31 21:58:08 GMT 2009
Hi All,
I hope someone can help. However, please note right up front, that I'm
very new to Linux and that explanations please need to be kept simple.
Thanks. (20 years supporting/training Microsoft, so good general
background, but Linux is still a new "language & culture") I made the
mistake of "logging a bug" and received veritable floods of no doubt
very good, but completely baffling information.
I upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10 and have subsequently experienced the
following:
* My notebook (Compaq nx9000) runs a lot more slowly than it did
on 9.04. It feels like 9.10 uses a lot more resources, or
doesn't use them as efficiently or something. Any ideas? (Not
wildly happy with this. I was overjoyed when I recently ditched
Windows and discovered that Ubuntu 8.10 & then 9.04 allowed my
somewhat older notebook to run so much better- somewhat
disappointed now.)
* Every now and then, a multi-coloured block appears in the top,
right-hand corner of my screen. Since this sometimes happens
when I'm using Banshee music player, and a new song has just
started, I assume that it is meant to be an information dialogue
of some kind. I also assume, that similar to the following
problem, it is due is some kind of display or font issue.
* This problem is more serious in that it is currently stopping me
from getting some urgent work done. All text in my OpenOffice
menus and tool bars has been replaced by coloured bars & lines.
I assume this is due to OpenOffice having its internal font
settings changed to a font that it cannot process. I have tried
reinstalling OpenOffice (without uninstalling) with no joy.
I hope that some light can be shed.
Robin Bownes
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