Comment 64 for bug 271070

Well, I've asked permission to print my brother's specs and am waiting for a reply, but here is what I've done. I've re-installed Intrepid again, and have taken notes the whole way.

First off, the JJ.zip file attached has a bunch of entries. Most of them have this same command set:

uname -a
dmesg
sudo lspci -vvnn

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My computer specs are: AMD Phenom 9500 quad-core processor that runs at 2.2Ghz on a MCP61PM-GM AM2 Motherboard made by ECS, 3GB RAM that is rated 667Mhz, a 500GB SATA II hard drive, it has NVidia 6150 onboard video GPU clocked at 400Mhz however I have installed an NVidia 7600GS "GO" PCIe x16 card with a GPU clocked at 560 Mhz and 512MB RAM clocked at 400Mhz, and it has a generic DVD RW w/ LabelFlash. If more detail is needed, I'll get it if I can.
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Now, back to the zipped text files attached. The first one I put together is called "myhardwareishardy.txt", and that one gives the run down on the Hardy installation.

The second file is "myhardwareisintrepidpreupdate.txt" which was written right after the re-boot which was done right after the Intrepid installation, and before I did any updates.

The third file is "myhardwareisintrepidpostupdate.txt" which was written right after the reboot from the update.

After rebooting from the first update, I lost internet connection. I did some simple checking to make sure the LAN was up (it was). I tried connecting a USB/Ethernet Device but still no connection. I then powered completely down (hard boot, not soft) then brought the system back up with the USB Device still attached. When the system came up, the KNetworkManager icon was missing and the USB Device was working (not the onboard Ethernet).

I installed the NVidia Driver 177.xx and did a reboot. The onboard Ethernet started working again, so I removed the USB Device, still no KNetworManager Icon.

The fourth file is "KMixcrashNVidiaInstall.txt" and it was taken from a crash report window that came up during the NVidia Driver install. The KMix manager was still operational and the startup/shutdown audio clips never failed. (Funny thing about that, every time I boot up the intro seems to be snubbed, does that happen to anybody else?)

I installed the KDE Official suite then did a reboot.

The KNetworkManager Icon has come back. I installed the repository for Medibuntu, and installed Firefox with its counterparts and the KUbuntu Extras.

I grabbed Adobe Flash 10 but did not yet install. I rebooted first to make sure the prior two groups had made everything complete.

After rebooting, the GUI froze, so I got a reading and the fifth file is called "guifreeze.txt". I then finished the Adobe install from prompt and rebooted again to clean the slate (and get the GUI back). After thought, perhaps I should have tried using the "/etc/init.d/kdm stop and start" to see what would happen.

After rebooting, I went to an online game that I would like to see working properly, "RuneScape", and sure enough, I have to keep wiggling the mouse over the frame to keep it running. It's like having a hand crank for your monitor, lol.

After having tried the game, I made the last file, "myhardwareisintrepidwhendone.txt".

I didn't lose the Desktop panel this round, but some of the other icons in the bottom panel did lose part or all of their picture (some were partially overlapped as well).

Wholly Smokes, I think I've written a novel. Oh well, I hope this helps the developers in looking for bugs to eradicate. If there is any more you would like me to do, let me know. Turn circles, sit on my hands, hire a technician (don't think so), get some sleep ( Ooh, that one sounds good!! ). Good night, and good luck.

Melondrift 8-)

P.S. My humor goes somewhat awry when I've been awake this long.