Please help with numerous problems

[chrisme52]

I seem to be having a few minor problems with my pc setup.

I have a HP server tc2120 running 9.04 Kubuntu with all updates installed.
I am regularly trying out new programs but i can't see what could cause theese problems.

If anyone can help in any way i would greatly appreciate it.

randomly reads dvd drive - even though theres nothing in it.
Seems to have a mind of its own. Its doing it right now and i've only got opera running.

Whole pc froze up when i logged into this website. Nothing would make it snap out of it. hasn't happened before.

Doesn't shut down properly. I click shutdown in the menu and eventually the screen goes black with a mouse pointer. I have to ctrl alt bckspc to restart x server and click shutdown.

I had a interrnal hard disk mounting at a specified folder but now it shows up as a password protected volume in dolphin. ??? annoying because like my wallpaper doesn't load.

Characters keep getting repeated but there only pressed once. For instance i press space and sometimes it puts 2 or more spaces. randomly happens with lots of characteers. (see look at the e's)

Sound system is buggy-sound used to be fine but then it only came out of the right side and now it won't work at all. I test the sound in system settings and it seems to work but no sound comes out.

Thanks,

Chris

[lisati]

Doesn't shut down properly. I click shutdown in the menu and eventually the screen goes black with a mouse pointer. I have to ctrl alt bckspc to restart x server and click shutdown.

I've read on the forums (and experienced myself) that for some people their system hangs on shutdown if they have a wireless card. The workaround I use is to leave wireless switched off and use a wired connection.

[chrisme52]

I do not have a wireless card installed though i do have a bluetooth adapteer.

[chrisme52]

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[chrisme52]

please help

[cariboo]

Ubuntu seems to have a hard time dealing with scsi cdrom/dvd drives. Could that be the problem?

[chrisme52]

scsi? its ide.
and i didn't used to have a problem and i can't think what iv'e changed.
I bought it new and its only been installed in my kubuntu box.