[ale] Ubuntu Compiz and Lockups

[Robert Coggins]

this one worked  Thanks

H P Ladds wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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>
>     > <mailto: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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