[Bug 889706] Re: Gnome-shell randomly crashes

2012-02-23 Thread estimablesir
I just wanted to report back that although it happens less frequently, Gnome Shell still crashes no matter what version I use. Since then, I've been using the KDE Plasma Desktop and it's been stable. Not only that, but certain applications that would cause the system not to respond are now workin

[Bug 889706] Re: Gnome-shell randomly crashes

2012-02-21 Thread estimablesir
Keith, I'm glad to see you got everything working. Do you mean you uninstalled the gnome3 package? If so, how did you get the gnome-shell working correctly? Just removing the ppa wouldn't have had an impact on your current situation, it would merely prevent future updates from being retrieved an

[Bug 889706] Re: Gnome-shell randomly crashes

2012-02-21 Thread estimablesir
@Keith Thanks for clarifying. Before you followed up with your comment, I double checked and realized I actually have the default gnome shell installed from the ubuntu repositories already. I then added the one you just purged and removed, then upgraded. The weird part is that since I did that,

[Bug 889706] Re: Gnome-shell randomly crashes

2012-02-21 Thread estimablesir
Just thought I'd follow up and confirm that everything has been working since I added the gnome3-team/gnome 3 ppa and upgraded. At the very least it has improved markedly since it would previously occur every few minutes. As I've said, I have this problem on all of my machines so the ultimate tes