freezing problems

[Charles Malespin]

On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 15:17 -0400, Matt Patterson wrote:
> Generally hard freezes are hardware issues related to interrupt 
> problems. So I would look into disabling devices like network and sound 
> and see if the problem continues. Also, of course try the acpi=off, 
> noapic, nolapic options for the kernel.

Hi Matt, I am having this problem as well, I am using the ATI X300 video
card fyi.  I am still very much a noob in linux and ubuntu so could you
please describe what turning acpi=off and noapic will do, and perhaps
how to do it?  The freezes happen sometimes after 30 min of a fresh
boot, maybe 20 hours.  No pattern or real cause and I have NO idea where
to troubleshoot or look for solutions.  Thanks!
Charles