I have a copy of KUBUNTU. Do you think putting that on the box instead of
Ubuntu would solve the problem of it crashing?
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
>
>
>
> Jim
>
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I settled for the new Ubuntu.I don't know the kernel version. How do I
> turn
> > off the screensaver app?
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Well something is screwball re: power management. Huh. <Scratches
> head.>
> >>
> >> What version of Linux did you settle on? Oneiric? Which kernel
> >> version? There's been some recent work on laptop power
> >> management...as in REAL recent. I think it got patched into Mint12
> >> but I'm not certain.
> >>
> >> Oh, also, turn off the screensaver app if you have it enabled.
> >> There's been some weird stuff there for the last few kernels...
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > My laptop just started to panic after I started running it off of the
> >> > battery. Any idea what the problem is?
> >> >
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