[ale] Ubuntu Compiz and Lockups

[H P Ladds]

http://www.linlap.com/wiki/ibm-lenovo+thinkpad+t61

I cut and pasted this into another tab of me browser, and it worked. Wonder
what happens when I send the link to meself -- hence the Cc:

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Robert Coggins <ale at cogginsnet.com> wrote:

> H P Ladds,
>
> Would you mind sending that to me again?  I am not getting anything on
> that link.  It says the conversation no longer exists.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Robert
>
> H P Ladds wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com
> > <mailto:brian at polibyte.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 11/05/2009 01:39 PM, Robert Coggins wrote:
> >     > Hello,
> >     >
> >     > I am stronly considering moving away from Ubuntu due to not being
> able
> >     > to run compiz without it locking up or rebooting X.  Everythign
> works
> >     > fine on my Lonevo T61 with nvidia card while compiz is turned off.
>  I
> >     > know it is a petty thin but it irritates me that I can't use
> >     something I
> >     > really like without worrying about losing work.
> >
> >
> > Some interesting info on your machine, Linux and video drivers:
> >
> > https://mail.google.com/mail/#label/ALE/124c5aacb8edc359
> >
> > Hope this helps>
> >
> >
> >     >
> >     > My question is this:  Having any of you switched distro and had
> issues
> >     > like this resolved?  Should I be concerned that compiz is the
> >     problem or
> >     > compiz on ubuntu?
> >     >
> >
> >     It's true that by switching distros you might get a different version
> of
> >     Xorg, the Nvidia blob, or compiz that solves your problem. I have no
> >     idea if Ubuntu carries a lot of patches against compiz; poke around
> at
> >     https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz and you can probably
> >     find out.
> >
> >     --
> >     All the best,
> >     Brian Pitts
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