[Bug 566324] Re: Xorg crash

2010-09-15 Thread Gerry O'Rourke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 541492 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541492 Finally seem to have made progress on this. First thing I tried was upgrade to to the Maverick kernel (2.6.35-20). That did not fix it, but I was now getting a "Ubuntu is running in low graphics..." message

[Bug 563555] Re: no mouse cursor

2010-07-27 Thread Gerry O'Rourke
Bug #566324 (Xorg crash) also affects me, I tried the following to remedy the frequent screen crashes:- echo options i915 modeset=1 | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf This does help reduce the number of Xorg crashes, but more importantly, it does affect the cursor. After doing this, the c

[Bug 566324] Re: Xorg crash

2010-07-27 Thread Gerry O'Rourke
I was ok until tonight, when I installed all the latest updates. Got a crash after rebooting, decided to try the 855gm-fix, so I did the following in a terminal:- echo options i915 modeset=0 | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf Then did:- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:glasen/855gm-fix sudo apt

[Bug 563555] Re: no mouse cursor

2010-07-27 Thread Gerry O'Rourke
Tried re-installing metacity , did not fix the problem. -- no mouse cursor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563555 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubu

[Bug 566324] Re: Xorg crash

2010-07-14 Thread Gerry O'Rourke
I was plagued with this same problem after upgrading to 10.04. Machine is a Dell GX260 with an Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01) Random crashes, always required an reboot to recover, got so bad I stopped using the machine for a while. Googled

[Bug 572550] Re: Panel utilities not shown on startup using Matrox gfx

2010-05-28 Thread Gerry O'Rourke
Davide's solution worked for me also. I've not bothered to re-install Compiz. lspci reports a Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 Had the problem since upgrading to 10.04 LTS. -- Panel utilities not shown on startup using Matrox gfx https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/572550 You received this bug notif

[Bug 563555] Re: no mouse cursor

2010-05-15 Thread Gerry O'Rourke
Reporting same problem as Yves. Dell Optiplex GX260, was running 8.04 LTS with no problems. Upgraded to 10.04 & immediately had "no mouse cursor" problem after login. Workaround = ctrl-alt-F1 then ctrl-alt-F7 -- no mouse cursor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563555 You received this bug notifi