[Bug 337351] Re: kubuntu 9.04 freezes all the time

[Isaac Kriegman]

I'm having the same problem, and it seems to be clearly related to
plasma.  It happens very frequently if I am in the plasma dashboard.
Otherwise it might happen when I click on a plasma panel.

The mouse cursor will still move fine so this isn't an normal X crash or
a system crash.  However, I will not be able to click on anything, nor
does typing work, nor all the usual reset key combinations.  Finally the
screen will stop updating (apart from the moving mouse cursor).  For
instance if open office is on the screen the input cursor will stop
blinking.  The minutes of the clock on my plasma panel do not update.

I think the biggest problem that linux has with new adoption is simply
its stability.  Constant problems, even though I bought a computer with
linux preinstalled (inspiron 1420).  Every time there is an new ubuntu
release coming up I keep thinking to myself, this time, this time it
will be stable enough to really recommend to my friends and family.  And
every time it is a nightmare.  Even though I've been using linux
exclusively for nearly 10 years, I know that most of the people I know
would not be able to figure it out.  People keep talking about desktop
linux and wondering when it will take off.  The answer is obvious:  it
will take off when it starts to work consistently (if that every
happens).  If it actually worked, I think I could convince about 10
friends and family to switch over, but it doesn't.

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kubuntu 9.04 freezes all the time
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