I'm glad things are now working for you. I had needs which pushed me to newer kernels. (Later versions of OO 3.x were only compiled and tested with later kernels and I needed some of the features the later versions had.) If you have access to a high speed Internet connection and intend to do any document writing, I humbly suggest you download and install Lotus Symphony from IBM. It's a much better word processing package, though it does lack some OO features. On Friday 09 October 2009 11:42:05 am denbigh1974@xxxxxxx wrote: > Roland Hughes wrote: > ALERT: > > Previous poster did not read the post in its entirety nor did they offer > any additional advice. > > The post in question ended with: > > > Revert to your -11 kernel, turn off automatic updates, wait at least a > year. > > > The "experimental" advice being offered up as correct in a different > message: > > > The key question is of course, do you absolutely need kernel 2.6.28-15? > This is an insisting question to a novice: the file which you have > installed for your modem needs to be generated for 2.6.28-15, which is > not straightforward for a novice, even may seem frightening the first > time you do it. Some people believe that they always need the last > version, immediately. Some think that what counts is to be able to do > their work (I belong to that second category, since 1961: take a look at > http://cern.ch, see what frontier science is doing, most of us using > kernel 2.6.9, soon moving to 2.6.18 , not 28, not 31, because we have > other concerns than "having the most recent one"). > > Thanks for your advice. Just to let you know that I am booting up now into > 2.6.28-11 by default. I'll stay away from upgrading until I have more > confidence in my knowledge of Ubuntu > -- Roland Hughes, President Logikal Solutions (630)-205-1593 (cell) http://www.theminimumyouneedtoknow.com http://www.infiniteexposure.net http://www.logikalsolutions.com
