The problem with a virtual terminal is 1) the system sometimes becomes completely unresponsive, 2) I don't know what it is I am looking for (it could be metacity, compiz, some sub-process of which I'm not even aware, the compiz-fusion icon itself, or even some third party software I installed and uninstalled like Emerald, and 3) ctrl-alt-Bkspc lets me know how unresponsive the system is. Sometimes even ctrl-alt-Bkspc doesn't work and I have to hold the power button in for a few seconds to close it down.
//There's a bug in there somewhere. On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: > > Instead of Ctrl+Alt+Bkspc, can you open a virtual terminal > (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and kill off some aberrant process? > > Regards, > - Robert > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Mike Bigalke <[email protected]> wrote: > > You need the compiz fusion icon from Synaptic, so you can turn compiz off > > when you use Google Earth. It will install under > > applications> system tools. When you start it an icon shows in the upper > > right hand panel. A right click will let you choose metacity instead of > > compiz. Select it and start Google Earth. > > > > That will solve the video problem. However, I've had a few problems with > > turning compiz back on after leaving Google Earth. It freezes up the > system > > about 50% of the time. But control-alt-backspace solves that. > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Theresa Kehoe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hiya, all. I got a new toy (shiny!) -- built a machine with Intel Core > >> 2 Duo processor (7400), mainboard is Intel DG35EC, which has the Intel > >> GMA X3500 video chipset -- it supports HD, compiz looks GORGEOUS (now I > >> finally get to see what y'all have been talking about for so long!), > >> using DVI video output to a 22" widescreen LCD, 4GB of DDR2 dual channel > >> RAM. I have CompizConfig Settings Manager installed, and current > >> resolution is 1680 x 1050 at 60 Hz (what Ubuntu detected during > >> install). > >> > >> So I figured what better way to play with the new toy, than to install > >> Google Earth? Version 5 beta was a flop -- got rid of a library it > >> didn't like to finally get it to run, but it still demanded I run it > >> with 'sudo' (and running an end-user desktop as root? BAD IDEA). So I > >> uninstalled it, and installed the prior version instead, 4.3. That > >> doesn't require me to run it as root, which is a good step. > >> > >> Bad part is, the video is CRAP! I mean, absolutely terrible. I found > >> at least one other Ubuntu (oh yeah, 8.10 clean install) user who has had > >> the same problem, and they posted a screen shot: > >> > >> http://erani.rideamus.md/gebug.png > >> > >> When I did have version 5 beta running, the video was exactly the same > >> -- complete crap. > >> > >> Does anyone have any suggestions I could try? > >> > >> Thanks in advance, > >> > >> Theresa > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
