On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Ken Robson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In reply to multiple posts... > > 1. I use the dvd drive allot, I view/burn many dvd's and if it is going > to re-insert it on eject then not on. > 2. I still have another 2 machines running with 8.04 (xbuntu) and 8.10 > (with some issues) but this is my main pc and the issues I have had > since upgrading on Thursday/Friday mean that I need a more stable OS. So > far today I have tried (via live cd's) another 7 distro's and at the > moment I have installed a x86 version of Mint (another 'buntu off shoot) > , one of the main reasons for dropping x64 version was when ever I > wanted to install something not in the repo's I HAD to compile it and > usually there were issues, at least with the x86 version I have a chance > to find a .deb file, or the compilation will succeed. (I have no > problems with compiling the s/w but when there is cast issues I don't > have the patience to fix them anymore. When I started coding 30 years > ago this wasn't a problem ;-) but I haven't really done any programming > in the past 8 years.) > As a developer I believe that the beta testing is for getting rid of > issues like this, One of the reasons I left M$ OS's behind was the > issues in Vi$ta, after spending 10 years supporting M$ os's I had enough > when I would switch on the pc and not have any networking... I then > switched to Ubuntu and have mostly been pleased with it since then. > 3. the screen saver issue, I don't know what is causing it, I have > disabled the SS and so far it is behaving, the video card on that pc is > the intel 915 onboard (so far my only pc running 8.10) > > I may come back in a month or so and see if the issues have been fixed. > As to reading the release notes, who these days RTFM's? > > K > >
Ken, I'm sorry if this sounds rude (it really isn't), but do you have the same problem if you push the physical eject button on the ROM?? --Michael _________________________________ Michael Fletcher Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
