On Tuesday 17 February 2009 12:47 pm, Todd Lyons wrote: > I don't like that NetworkManager applet on my desktop. It's useless > and doesn't seem to work. However, for my laptop it works very well, > moving between my home and work networks with no issues (and they are > different encryption types as well, one is WPA and the other is > Dante-enabled WEP).
If I decide to keep Ubuntu I'll figure out (or ask) how to remove it. > I'd be curious to see if the hang persists longer than 10 minutes. > If yes, then sounds like a hard lockup. As of right now 2-1/2 hours. > Do the Numlock keys stop working? Numlock key is NOT working. > If yes, then one option is the > video card/driver could be causing problems. Is your video card > hardware accelerated? Are you using a generic driver or did you > enable the restricted repos to get the non-free drivers? The box says Intel GMA 3100 video. No other reference anywhere <frown>. Used whatever drivers showed up. I don't know how to do anything else. I suppose I can install the Video Card I bought. Do I just plug it in and reboot? And use it? Or what? > You mentioned an upgrade after installation. Can you still boot the > old kernel? Do the symptoms change? I don't know; I don't see any options (it installed LILO, not Grub. What do I do to boot the old kernel if it's still there? I don't know if that particular system changed or not. Jeff -- Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html";
