Comment 8 for bug 629692

Similar problems here, running an eeePC 1005ha. At the moment I'm stuck running the default programs (clicking on these works OK). Trying the ubuntu icon in the upper-left corner brings up the search bar and a list of application categories, but clicking on any of these, or typing anything into the search bar, causes the screen to flicker and reset (behaviour similar to doing compiz --replace or metacity --replace). The same happens if I click on the applications icon on the left-hand side.
At the moment this completely breaks things for me: aside from firefox I don't use any of the default 'favourite' applications and I can't access any of the others. (Correction: I managed to get a terminal window open and I can now check my email by running thunderbird from the terminal. The downside is that while running from the terminal, there's no icon that appears on the left-hand bar, so I can't pin it to the bar.)