Kevin Alderman.

I know you run Mint


There is a severe bug in the desktop switcher.

If more that about 8 or 10 desktops are selected strange things start to
happen to the gui.

  Some of the USB ports stop working on a Lenova G580 and other computers.
windows can not be closed.. It does not help to reboot.
That is really bad news as it is over writing the OS on the hard drive.

Make sure you have good backs up on external hard drives.

Only reinstalling fixes it.
  It has effected several releases of Ubuntu.
It shows up on several different computers.
I downloaded 64 bit Mint with Mate 1/30/2013

As I recall it is on a later version as well. Try it with a lot of aps
on the panel
I have been using Linux for 15 years. I like to use a lot of desktops.

I am running Mint with mate


The bug bit me again. This time I set it up with 18 desktops and it
worked fine until I rebooted. Then it did all the bad things.

I notice it disables only one or two USB ports. If one USB port does not
work try another. I back up to a 2 TB external USB hard drive.

Mark, I did not like Cent OS. I put Mint back  on.

Paul Lamar



That's all right Paul.  Open source is all about choice.  Use what works
best for the job at hand, even if Windows is the best solution.

I have two Windows virtual machines set up on my Linux box, Win XP Pro,
and Win-7 Pro.  I'm installing Autodesk Factory Design Suite Ultimate
2013 on my Win-7 Pro VM even as I type this note.

I suggested CentOS because you were complaining about stability issues
like the one you describe in this posting.  CentOS is a stable
enterprise level OS.  If you need recent versions of some software it
may not be for you.



Mark LaPierre

Mint is great except for the bug. I can live with it for awhile until its fixed.

Paul Lamar
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