WOW It is brand mew..... it just came out today! On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote: > As to the screensaver...huh. I just realized I have no idea, and I'm > running the same thing! See, I think "Unity" is an absolute turd so I > converted it to Gnome3 via the command: > > http://www.webupd8.org/2011/08/installing-using-classic-gnome-desktop.html > > ...but unfortunately Ubuntu put virtually no effort into a rational > set of menus so there's all kinds of stuff missing, including, I just > realized, the damn screensaver controls. > > Arg. > > And this is why I'm strongly considering dumping it for Mint12 - they > at least have put some effort into making Gnome3 work. > > Sigh. > > Odds are it has the latest kernel bits for power management and ACPI > controls, which is another top contender for "why your rig is > crashing"...they only just got a handle on that stuff, with patches > that can be applied to current kernels and if I recall right, Mint12 > did so? > > Jim > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: