desktop effects update renders hard drive unoperable

Bug #131939 reported by Steve
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desktop-effects (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

when activating desktop effects a driver update is requested. upon downloading new driver restart is requested - on restart ubuntu will start loading w/startup screen and when entering os the screen goes black w/message of signal out of range on my widescreen lcd monitor (my brothers and father do not have this problem with ubuntu that they are trying out on their non-widescreen lcd and crt monitors)- so at least we know the refresh rate is not correct for my monitor - the real problem comes when I reset the computer and try to load either windows xp or ubuntu the hard drive is recognized by the bios but no longer can be loaded and a never ending computer restart will begin as the hard drive is no longer readable - this has happened with sata drives and ide drives alike - the only way to recover my hard drive is to reset the jumper on mb so that i can perform a dskchk and recover the hard drive which can then load windows xp, but the ubuntu partition is unrecoverable and only can be reformated to use again - if i try to reload ubuntu after recovering hard drive and load all options giving (ie. different versions, recover mode it will fail and state that the partitioned drive had an error (can't remember exact words) and is unloadable. my computer info is as follows: mb_foxconn C55A01 - bios_American Megatrends Inc. Version :080014 - chipset_nVidia nForce 680i - memory_G Skill :F2-6400CL4-1GBHK - cpu_Intel xCore 2 Duo E6600 - monitor_VX2025wm (needed resolution of 1680x1050 at 60Hz) - gpu_GeForce 7950 GT - main os_windows xp sp2. when using a seperate hard drive other than my primary it only renders that hard drive unreadable or on a virtual hard drive the same - in both these cases it is necessary to reformate the drives to recover. but when using ubuntu on my primary drive on a partitioned section it then becomes a major failure in that all info on disk is at high risk as stated above.....Is there a way to get a monitor to work again without rebooting when this happens? cause you now know that rebooting is not a savory option....will this be fixed in the next full version release in the fall?....like many of us, Ubuntu is an option that window users like me and my family can actually think about switching to in the future - it seems to be the most promising option for the future for those of us looking for an alternative, but are not willing to learn code either - please respond as I would love to get to know this os better - on my off seasons(sprinkler repairman) I actually fix computers for people (strange prof. combo i know) and would love nothing more than to help spread the use of a great alternative, but need help on the main problem that I have run into. - thanks, steve

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Nanley Chery (nanoman) wrote :

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Changed in desktop-effects:
status: New → Incomplete
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!.

Changed in desktop-effects:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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