It appears this is a hardware issue. Both KDE and Xfce desktop had issues as well. I've done a clean install of ubuntu-desktop 9.10 and it still has problems.
** Summary changed: - Gnome functionality decreases/fails + Gnome crashes -- Gnome crashes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/511344 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.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs