> At thsi point I am unsure how to proceed.
This is what I'd do:
erase Kubuntu and go with Xubuntu.
My opinion, only my opinion...
ET
keith smith writes:
> Thank you so much for all your help!!
>
> Looks like I am running Ubuntu 13.10
>
> In reviewing dmesg I see the following:
>
> (I do not know what to look for so these are the things that jumped out at me)
>
> [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 32M num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: -16M
> [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 64M num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: -16M
>
> [ 0.000000] gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 1G num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: 0G
>
> [ 0.000000] *BAD*gran_size: 64K chunk_size: 2G num_reg: 10 lose cover RAM: -1G
>
> There is a lot of the above.
>
> [ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
> [ 0.000000] Faking a node at [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000021e5fffff]
>
> [ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
>
> [ 0.133742] ACPI: No dock devices found.
>
> [ 0.155004] acpi PNP0A08:00: Disabling ASPM (FADT indicates it is unsupported)
>
> - - -
>
> Issued command "java -version"
>
> This is the output:
>
> The program 'java' can be found in the following packages:
> * default-jre
> * gcj-4.6-jre-headless
> * gcj-4.7-jre-headless
> * openjdk-7-jre-headless
> * openjdk-6-jre-headless
> Try: apt-get install <selected package>
>
> - - -
>
> At thsi point I am unsure how to proceed.
>
> Thank you so much for all your help!!
>
> Keith
>
>
>
>
> On Friday, March 21, 2014 5:21 PM, Michael Butash <michael@butash.net> wrote:
>
> Check what java you're using (java -version), might try a sun/oracle version if not using one already. Also check what devices you have, and what dmesg says. That sounds like hardware is flaky, and I've had that with various usb/pci devices over the years. Video drivers too.
>
> Pay attention to what apps are doing at the moment when things
> crash, like invoking video or sound. I use 13.10 kubuntu at work,
> and it's mostly ok to use, if not for certain annoyances as well
> around active directory integration, but not crashing.
>
> I did once with a plantronics savi headset that invoked itself as
> a usb sound device, but also as a hid device spewing something
> xorg didn't like, took a xorg.d/.conf to ignore the events and
> device to keep the desktop from freezing when anything hit the
> sound device. Sounds like yours with skype perhaps (look at
> pulseaudio logs for this), or probing a video camera when they
> init presence of devices. Otherwise sounds like your java might
> suck, or the ver of office.
>
> -mb
>
>
> On 03/21/2014 05:11 PM, keith smith wrote:
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>I switched over to Linux on my workstation. It is a Dell i5 w/8GB RAM. I installed 64bit Kubuntu.
>>
>>
>>
>>This week is the first week I have used this box exclusively. Some adjustments taking I was previousy on Win7.
>>
>>
>>
>>Interestingly enough I find Kubuntu to be less stable than Win7 and probably less stable than Win95.
>>
>>
>>Skype crashes or freezes and even when I kill the process I have to reboot to get Skype to launch and work.
>>
>>
>>Libre Office crashes often as well.
>>
>>
>>Last night I did an upgrade which I was hoping would help, however Libre Office has crashed 2 times today and I have had to go through the recovery process. Skype just froze..... again
>>
>>
>>
>>Is anyone else experiencing this level of issues?
>>
>>
>>I'm excited to be running Linux. I like Linux much better today than in 2000 when I went M$ free for 8 months. However I am a LAMP dev and I need what works. I need to spend my time programming, not grooming an O/S so it works properly.
>>
>>
>>Any thoughts?
>>
>>
>>Keith
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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