Finally - Thanks again BeaconRus. I risked an update to 2.6.39 via PPA and everything works again.
I used these instructions to plugin the kernel-ppa into my natty: http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppas/37
"To install this PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install <package name> "
Finally - Thanks again BeaconRus. I risked an update to 2.6.39 via PPA and everything works again.
I used these instructions to plugin the kernel-ppa into my natty: www.ubuntuupdat es.org/ ppas/37
http://
"To install this PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install <package name>
"