[Bug 270754] Re: 8.10 Killed my motherboard?

2008-10-27 Thread simonjames
I haven't tried the new intrepid, I have xp installed now but the issue still occurs (with XP). It is the hardest bug I've had to troubleshoot because it is completely random. It can work for weeks and then it gets into a boot fit. Then it slowly returns to normal. I have new ram and new video card

[Bug 250837] Re: Soft lockups in Hardy shortly after boot up

2008-10-27 Thread simonjames
This problem sounds familiar, I am getting similar results from my computer. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/270754 I cannot give outputs because I am running XP now, but even in XP I get soft locks ups (although only during boots/reboots, I can play counter strike for hours and everything

[Bug 270754] Re: 8.10 Killed my motherboard?

2008-10-10 Thread simonjames
Update 2, Turns out my bios got corrupted by the ubuntu reboot, flashing the bios after reinstalling my computer to its original state (dell hidden partition with DSR, windows XP) solved the problem. I flashed the bios while still having both OS's installed but it did not work, only after deleting

[Bug 270754] [NEW] 8.10 Killed my motherboard?

2008-09-15 Thread simonjames
Public bug reported: I'll start by saying that this can all just be a weird coincidence... (oh and I never got any problems on my computer before) I ran the update-manager -d from ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS to update to ubuntu 8.10 alpha 4 on my dell dimension 9150 about two - three weeks ago. Everythin

[Bug 270754] Re: 8.10 Killed my motherboard?

2008-09-18 Thread simonjames
If I reboot the computer, I don't even get the bios info on the screen, no keyboard control or anything, I only get the diagnostic lights 1 and 4. But I discovered if I choose shutdown instead of reboot, then power up again, the computer boots up normally. I also tried "suspend" in ubuntu, it seem

[Bug 270754] Re: 8.10 Killed my motherboard?

2008-09-23 Thread simonjames
Update: My computer seemed to be operating normally for a few days, even rebooting worked. A few moments ago I installed Samba which required a reboot and my computer gave me a Fatal mother board failure again. Perhaps reboot fails when something is changed/configured/installed during a reboot, m

[Bug 252160] Re: Upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 3 stops Nvidia driver working

2008-09-04 Thread simonjames
I am having the exact same problem. I have a nvidia Geforce 7300 LE card. If I enable the nvidia driver (instead of nv), when I logoff I get a window saying "could not detect monitor or graphic card, server will run in low graphics mode" (something like that) with configure/shutdown/continue butt

[Bug 266927] [NEW] Static sound on hda-intel STAC 9221 A1

2008-09-05 Thread simonjames
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kernel-image-2.6.27-2-generic-di I get static from only the left channel even on a clean install of 8.04.1. Now I have upgraded to 8.10 and I have the same issue. I have a dell dimension 9150 with codec stac 9221 A1 that loads hda- intel. I found a wor

[Bug 266927] Re: Static sound on hda-intel STAC 9221 A1

2008-09-05 Thread simonjames
** Attachment added: "uname-a.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17316975/uname-a.log -- Static sound on hda-intel STAC 9221 A1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266927 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs ma

[Bug 266927] Re: Static sound on hda-intel STAC 9221 A1

2008-09-05 Thread simonjames
** Attachment added: "lspci-vvnn.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17316984/lspci-vvnn.log -- Static sound on hda-intel STAC 9221 A1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266927 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-b

[Bug 267188] [NEW] Ubuntu 8.10 breaks nvidia drivers

2008-09-06 Thread simonjames
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-2-generic When I enable the NVIDIA proprietary drivers (it gives me the options of 96/173/177, they all behave the same), on reboot, I get an error message "cannot detect graphic card nor monitor" and continues using vesa d

[Bug 267188] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 breaks nvidia drivers

2008-09-06 Thread simonjames
** Attachment added: "Hardware Driver Screenshot" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17348382/HardwareDriver -- Ubuntu 8.10 breaks nvidia drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267188 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- u