Linux Mint 10

Hi... I have a Compaq Presario V2000 laptop my wife uses to play games. I've been having IE8 problems as I've indicated on other boards.
As I seem to have been locked out of XP at this point I decided to use my Linux Mint 10 (Julia) to try and boot in and see if I could do any repairs.
However, it appears LM10 is having problems installing.
I am at the gray screen and I keep having little prompts pop up with problems too fast to write down and the cursor keeps freezing.
I was able to partially write down one:
oafiid:gnome notify area appalet - delete or not?
May not be exactly correct...

Will add more as I can...

 

I would delete the file and see if the desktop loads.

Are you trying the CD or the DVD?

More on what this error means.

 

Cd.... main screen loads with no icons...
fyi... flying back home today for family funeral and will return over weekend.
thanks for info and I'll be back.

 

try lxde mint 10 version , it is lighter and better suited for a laptop.

 

I don't know if this might be related to your experience, but I was having the same error on my Ubuntu 10.04 desktop. The error "just happened" all by itself, without me making any changes on my system to prompt it! ;-)

Turns out that, somehow, my Tomboy Notes applet was loading itself 2x in the Gnome Notification bar and the second instance was triggering the error. I chose to delete the suggested applet and the error has not reappeared since.

I can't help but wonder if you're not experiencing the same issue, or a very similar one. Just delete the offending applet; if that doesn't fix your issue, reinstall the applet in the Gnome menu.

 

i didnt find the applet very useful and it is a waste of time using it,i am heavy user a linux mint for more than 6 months and about 6 months os ubuntu 10.04 ,but do as you wish