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Desktop freezing in ubuntu 9.10 and compiz

Asked by munir

I am using using ubuntu 9.10
I PC has motherboard : 945 GC-X
                       RAM : 1 GB
           graphics card : 128 MB (intel)

The desktop freezes if i click the mouse.
Mouse and keyboard also freezes. I have to press
the restart button to restart the PC. But again it freezes.
Kubuntu 9.10 runs fine.

Later i logged in ubuntu in failsafe mode and uninstalled
everything related with compiz. Then everything is fine.

But this can't be the solution. A first time user cannot deal with such thing.
Is there any problem with hardware or the BIOS or it is a BUGG !!!

I need an good explanation. Can anybody help?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

DON'T PRESS RESET. You WILL damage your hardware!

Linux is a modular OS, Meaning the display can be attempted to be restarted using ALT+K+PrintScreen together

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display

Thanks

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munir (munirhasan43) said : 		#2

This is the output (After the compiz has been removed)

killer@killer-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for killer:
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:cfe80000-cfefffff ioport:ec00(size=8) memory:e0000000-efffffff(prefetchable) memory:cfe40000-cfe7ffff

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munir (munirhasan43) said : 		#3

This is the output (After the compiz has been removed)

killer@killer-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for killer:
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:cfe80000-cfefffff ioport:ec00(size=8) memory:
e0000000-efffffff(prefetchable) memory:cfe40000-cfe7ffff

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1130582

Change the repo to karmic instead of jaunty if you use the repo method.

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munir (munirhasan43) said : 		#5

A little help needed !!

I am not familiar with repo method and what it means.

can you shortly describe that ?

Thanks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Its Part B in the guide. The guide says to add 2 lines to your sources.lst file, it says jaunty which you arent using, you need to change the word jaunty to karmic.

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