[Lvlug] installed ubuntu 9.10

[Michael Gossett]

Sounds like failing hardware

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On Nov 22, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Doug Nusbaum <dpaladin at ix.netcom.com>  
wrote:

> nstalled 9.10 the other day on my Aspire5100 laptop.  Did it as an  
> upgrade
>
> It is much improved over 8.10.  Faster in all ways.   A lot less  
> memory leakage.  Swap memory stops at under 10% as opposed to 30% in  
> 8.10  Also got wireless to work.   There was an issue with the  
> screen  going into a flicker after combing back from sleep, but that  
> hardly ever happens now.   Some combination of my using
>
> sudo /usr/share/acpi-support/screenblank
>
> and the system just not going to sleep on its own.
>
> I found the screenblank as a suggestion.   but not as a real solution
> I sometimes still get a flicker
>
> I do have a newly discovered problem with gedit.  The editor comes  
> up but only after:
> doug at doug-laptop:~$  gedit
>
>
> GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible  
> causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or  
> you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ 
>  for information. (Details -  1: Server ping error: IDL:omg.org/ 
> CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0)
>
> the above message is repeated exactly 33 times  (determined by doing  
> a search on the string, counting, and finally doing a search and  
> replace and then having the system number the replacement.)  I  
> wanted certainty and did not want anyone needing to look through all  
> 33 messages.
>
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> So, anybody got any ideas.    What does gedit have to do with any of  
> the nouns listed in the error message?
>
> thanks.
>
> One more thing.   On occasion my system fails to boot.  I mean it  
> does not even get to any script on the black screen.   I have then  
> been able to boot by using a live disk.  Even that may take more  
> than one try.
> Has not happened in over a week, but still...
>
> Thanks
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