I actually left for a study abroad trip and had to leave my desktop at home
so I haven't been able to use it for awhile... What I ended up doing was
using earlier versions of Linux through the Grub boot manager. I
will definitely try your recommendations when I return though, and let you
know how it goes.

Thanks for the support,
Scott

On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Scott hatlen, thank you for reporting this bug and helping make Ubuntu
> better. This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any
> activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue?
> Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images
> are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .
>
> If it remains an issue, could you run the following command in the
> development release from a Terminal
> (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and
> attach updated debug information to this report.
>
> apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>
>
> Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would
> be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the
> issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once
> you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-
> testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon
> next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and
> deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your
> results.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - general protection fault: 0000 [
> + general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP; RIP: 0010:[<ffffc9001197479c>]
>  [<ffffc9001197479c>] 0xffffc9001197479c
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/748707
>
> Title:
>  general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP; RIP:
>  0010:[<ffffc9001197479c>]  [<ffffc9001197479c>] 0xffffc9001197479c
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
>  Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>  Parts of screen go black. I can't see what I'm typing, I can see for
>  awhile when moving windows, menu bar at top and bottom do not show but
>  are functional. Icons show along with rest of desktop after moving
>  mouse around it. Sorry, but I cant navigate to terminal for
>  information dumps. Alt+F brings up dialog box that says compiz crashed
>  every time.
>
>
>  Sorry I'm not much help, I'm pretty new to Linux still. I'd be happy to
> answer questions or anything.
>
>  ProblemType: KernelOops
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: linux-image-2.6.38-7-generic 2.6.38-7.39
>  Regression: Yes
>  Reproducible: Yes
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
>  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
>  Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be
> restarted.
>  Architecture: amd64
>  ArecordDevices:
>   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
>   card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
>     Subdevices: 1/1
>     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>  AudioDevicesInUse:
>   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>   /dev/snd/controlC0:  scottyah   1448 F.... pulseaudio
>  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>  Card0.Amixer.info:
>   Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xfe700000 irq 49'
>     Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI'
>     Components : 'HDA:10ec0892,15658225,00100302
> HDA:80862805,80862805,00100000'
>     Controls      : 33
>     Simple ctrls  : 16
>  Card1.Amixer.info:
>   Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfe640000 irq 50'
>     Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
>     Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
>     Controls      : 4
>     Simple ctrls  : 1
>  Card1.Amixer.values:
>   Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
>     Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
>     Playback channels: Mono
>     Mono: Playback [on]
>  Date: Sat Apr  2 15:22:26 2011
>  Failure: oops
>  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=9eab32f5-ed68-44fc-b116-83cd2d9f2336
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64
> (20101007)
>  MachineType: BIOSTAR Group TH67+
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-7-generic
> root=UUID=71560f1f-022d-448b-93b6-c60fb352ee29 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  RelatedPackageVersions:
>   linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-7-generic N/A
>   linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-7-generic  N/A
>   linux-firmware                            1.49
>  RfKill:
>
>  SourcePackage: linux
>  Title: general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-02 (0 days ago)
>  dmi.bios.date: 02/17/2011
>  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>  dmi.bios.version: 4.6.4
>  dmi.board.asset.tag: None
>  dmi.board.name: TH67+
>  dmi.board.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
>  dmi.board.version: 6.0
>  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None
>  dmi.chassis.type: 3
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
>  dmi.chassis.version: 6.0
>  dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4.6.4:bd02/17/2011:svnBIOSTARGroup:pnTH67+:pvr6.0:rvnBIOSTARGroup:rnTH67+:rvr6.0:cvnBIOSTARGroup:ct3:cvr6.0:
>  dmi.product.name: TH67+
>  dmi.product.version: 6.0
>  dmi.sys.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
>
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