snowguy
October 20th, 2010, 09:30 AM
I was a bit disappointed in the high number of issues I had with 10.10. I installed the 64 bit version but when I had problems I went to the 32 bit version. When I then found the same problems there I came back to 64. At this point I have worked through all ctitical issues for me and found work arounds for the rest.
This is my summary of issues and fixes or work arounds in case it is hepful to others.
Issue: Flash player not working in full screen mode.
FIX: run the following commands in terminal:
sudo mkdir /etc/adobe
sudo su
sudo echo \"OverrideGPUValidation = 1\" >> /etc/adobe/mms.cfg
I got this from: http://www.noobrescue.com/blog/flash-fullscreen-doesnt-work-on-ubuntu-10-10
Issue: brasero isn't working
FIX: do the following steps.
* remove brasero, then re-install a fresh version
* install gnomebaker
* switch off the computer, then on again.
I got this from: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1599427
Issue: when manually ejecting CD/DVD from cd/dvd player the volume doesn't automatically unmount as it did in 10.04. When a new cd/dvd is inserted the desktop would either do nothing or add a second CD/DVD icon on the screen. If it did nothing, if you click on the icon (with the old now wrong name) then usually it shows you the first level down of information on the old dvd/cd. Trying to open any file returns an error.
Work around: don't use the physical eject button on computer. Instead
right click on the icon and click eject.
Issue: Alt-F2 is not working properly.
When I click A;t-F2 it acts like I selected the window and want to move it. Hitting escape gits rid of that problem. Still no "Run Application" window pops up. Worst of all the mouse then woudln't work at all. Had to use the keyboard to restart the computer.
Work around: I was using a wireles mouse and keyboard. When I swapped them out for a regular keyboard the problem stopped. Interestingly the sane keyboard that wasn't working for alt-f2 in 10.10 worked just fine in 10.04.
Additional Info: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1596173
This is my summary of issues and fixes or work arounds in case it is hepful to others.
Issue: Flash player not working in full screen mode.
FIX: run the following commands in terminal:
sudo mkdir /etc/adobe
sudo su
sudo echo \"OverrideGPUValidation = 1\" >> /etc/adobe/mms.cfg
I got this from: http://www.noobrescue.com/blog/flash-fullscreen-doesnt-work-on-ubuntu-10-10
Issue: brasero isn't working
FIX: do the following steps.
* remove brasero, then re-install a fresh version
* install gnomebaker
* switch off the computer, then on again.
I got this from: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1599427
Issue: when manually ejecting CD/DVD from cd/dvd player the volume doesn't automatically unmount as it did in 10.04. When a new cd/dvd is inserted the desktop would either do nothing or add a second CD/DVD icon on the screen. If it did nothing, if you click on the icon (with the old now wrong name) then usually it shows you the first level down of information on the old dvd/cd. Trying to open any file returns an error.
Work around: don't use the physical eject button on computer. Instead
right click on the icon and click eject.
Issue: Alt-F2 is not working properly.
When I click A;t-F2 it acts like I selected the window and want to move it. Hitting escape gits rid of that problem. Still no "Run Application" window pops up. Worst of all the mouse then woudln't work at all. Had to use the keyboard to restart the computer.
Work around: I was using a wireles mouse and keyboard. When I swapped them out for a regular keyboard the problem stopped. Interestingly the sane keyboard that wasn't working for alt-f2 in 10.10 worked just fine in 10.04.
Additional Info: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1596173