Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: compiz
Please forgive me I'm not a programmer but this is what happened.
I am running a Dell Dimension E520 with the Intel Core 2 duo 4300. Standard
video card (NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Graphics GPU), 1Gb of ram, E207FP Widescreen
Flat Panel Display. I dual boot Feisty Fawn and Windows Vista.
Under Feisty Fawn I ran the "Desktop-Effects" application. The
application worked fine and it made my desktop very pretty.
However, when I rebooted the following happened:
The computer froze on shutdown and had to be shut down manually (I know
it froze because the num lock key no longer turned the LED on and off
anymore)
Upon reboot the only way to get GRUB to run is by opening and closing
the CD tray. (very strange)
Once GRUB loads if I select Ubuntu I get "Kernel Panic" and the system
is frozen.
However, if I select Windows Vista/Longhorn Vista loads fine.
I tried to reinstall Ubuntu several times and after several hours of
troubleshooting here is what I concluded:
The corruption is in the master boot record because
reformatting/reinstalling Ubuntu fails to solve the problem. (I managed
to fix the MBR using the Vista repair disk)
It appears compiz alters GRUB when its activated causing this problem. I
discovered this by opening the GRUB configuration file and when I
disabled "Desktop-Effects" I received a message telling me the file I
had open was just altered by another program. Therefore I conclude that
compiz alters GRUB (Why? This makes no sense to me but I'm not a
programmer.) After disabling "Desktop-Effects" the system works
normally.
Thanks
** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Comiz corrupts GRUB
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118949
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