freezing problems

[Will H. Backman]

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> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
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> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:53 PM
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: freezing problems
> 
> 
> Hi guys!
> 
> 
> 
> I'm kinda new to ubuntu, actually I've installed it yesterday, but so
> far I'm very pleased with it.
> 
> Today I left the computer for a longer period, it could've been around
> 1 hour, but I found it freezed rock solid :)
> 
> No response to any keystrokes, neither the Num Lock light came up...
It
> freezed while it was running the screensaver, so I guess I have the
same
> problems as you in this thread.
> 
> Did anybody come up with any solution so far?
> 
> 
> 
> My machine is an Athlon XP 2500+, Abit NF7-S and 256 megs of RAM with
> an Ati Radeon 9200 using the "ati" driver under X.Org
> 
> 
> 
> hope you solved, this bug is kinda annoying :)

In your screensaver preferences, disable random screen savers and pick a
simple one.  I've found that some OpenGL screen savers can lock my
machine.