Hmmm... I reverted back to Intrepid after all, since YaST is _clearly_ inferior to ubuntus package manager.
The problem seems fixed now... though I'm not sure I can call this a clean install (kind of a Linux Mint Elyssa x Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex hybrid, since I began by installing Linux mint, and then upgraded that to Intrepid). However usplash doesn't seem to be working anymore... oh well, as long as it doesn't start beeping again... -- Computer beeps relentlessly on startup (internal speaker) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs