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Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx



There are complaints that Linux is becoming more Windows-like :-)
What happens when you do ctrl-alt-f2. Do you get a prompt? If so, then
log in and force the X server to reload. Ctrl-alt-backspace is now
turned off by default.=20


On 05/01/2010 06:15 PM, Nathan Meyers wrote:
> Bad news on my Averatec laptop - the X server is out of order. It
> appears to be coming up - the text display is gone - but I'm getting a
> black screen with no cursor and no desktop. I'm poking around to see
> what it will take to set it right; haven't found anything about this
> so far online.
>
> Nathan
>
>
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
>> I was able to upgrade to Lucid Lynx on Thursday night on my laptop wit=
h
>> virtually no apparent issues. I was surprised that VirtualBox was able=

>> to run after the upgrade. Additionally, the wireless connected
>> flawlessly although I have a Broadcom chip The fw-cutter dialog box
>> asked if I wanted the firmware. I was a bit surprised that the wireles=
s
>> came up automatically since after my reinstall of Karmic, I've had to
>> manually massage it. I have not really performed any other tests yet,
>> but it did come up with no problems.
>>
>>    =20

--=20
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