[ubuntu-za] Quantal chaos

[Jan Greeff]

Thanks Bruce, but my Firefox is running fine since fresh install, with 
all bookmarks etc intact.

Jan


On 11/12/2012 20:24, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
> On 11/12/2012 17:52, Jan Greeff wrote:
>> Hi all, I have dished out all my 12.04 Precise CD's, is there someone
>> who can please let me have one? My P O Box is 3575, Bela Bela 0480.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Jan Greeff
>>
>>
>> On 11/12/2012 09:19, Wikus wrote:
>>> Jan 12.10 is by far the worst and most buggy and most unstable ubuntu
>>> I ever used.
>>> After 1 week I went back to 12.04 and am very happy I did. 12.10 is
>>> just not worth all
>>> the hassles and problems.
>>>
>>> - Wikus
>>>
>>>       _
>>>      | |
>>>      | |
>>>   ---   ---
>>> |J E S U S|
>>>   ---   ---
>>>      | |
>>>      | |
>>>      | |
>>>      | |   My King
>>>      ---
>>>
>>> On 11/12/2012 07:24, Jan Greeff wrote:
>>>> Thanks Lee, I have backed up and gone for a fresh install of 12.10
>>>> but merely because I do not have a 12.04 CD.
>>>>
>>>> The first time, I went for a re-install keeping my files  and then
>>>> my mouse cursor froze so I again did a fresh install, this time
>>>> deleting everything.
>>>>
>>>> The first thing that happened after the second fresh install (before
>>>> I even touched the system) was a message that Compiz had closed
>>>> unexpectedly.
>>>>
>>>> My impression is that Quantal comes with chronic bugs that need
>>>> sorting out.
>>>>
>>>> Jan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/12/2012 02:09, Lee Sharp wrote:
>>>>> On 12/10/2012 04:49 PM, Jan Greeff wrote:
>>>>>> Hi everybody, now, in addition to Skype, my Firefox also does not
>>>>>> launch. The system tells me Firefox is already running, but it's
>>>>>> not. I
>>>>>> tried uninstalling, reboot and re-install, same result: Firefox is
>>>>>> already running.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then I tried to install Google Chrome, "serious problem" reported to
>>>>>> developers. I have never had any feedback about problems
>>>>>> automatically
>>>>>> reported, do not even know if they get anywhere.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My launcher icons also disappear when I reboot, and compiz goes
>>>>>> haywire.
>>>>>> I am now reverting to Precise 12.04.
>>>>> Create a new user and reboot.  Log in as new user and see if things
>>>>> launch...
>>>>>
>>>>>              Lee
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
> You can also start Firefox on the command line with firefox -P and you
> can create a new profile through profile manager.
>