Thank you Roger for the solution to the problem!
Set your Visual Effects to none in Ubuntu 8.10 for efficient operation.
Bob
ARRL SDR Working Group Chair
Member: ARRL, AMSAT, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats,
NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC.
" Don’t despair, not even over the fact that you don’t despair. ", Kafka