8.04 randomly locks up.

[elmo]

elmo wrote:
> This my fifth attempt to send this message. The first four times were 
> tried when I was running UBUNTU 8.04, twice with CD version and twice 
> with the DVD version, but freezeup occurred and the messages couldn't be 
> sent.  I finally had to resort to Windows XP to send this message.
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> I have both, the CD and DVD, versions of 8.04 ubuntu installed and I'm 
> having a freezeup problem with both. The two were downloaded from 
> different sources.  The earlier versions (6.04 - 7.10) didn't have any 
> such problems and neither does it occur in Windows. 
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> The freezeup seems to be completely random but seems to occur when I 
> move the cursor
> to select some operation.  It doesn't happen every time I move the 
> cursor, it is completely random.
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> When freezeup occurs, mouse operation and none of the keyboard keys have 
> any visible effect except pressing the power button on the computer to 
> shut it off and start over.
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> I'm quite sure  I have the proper (for my computer) versions of  ubuntu 
> installed.
> All of the earlier ubuntus never gave me any problem.
> Could this be some flaw in 8.04?
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I just did a web search and discovered that this seems to be a common 
problem