Hardy Lockups

[elmo]

Keith Clark wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 17:04 -0400, Phil Sexton wrote:
>   
>> Keith Clark wrote:
>>     
>>> I seem to be having many problems with my laptop since upgrading to
>>> Hardy.  I can work on my machine for 3 hours, then over a span of 15-30
>>> seconds things slow right down, become unresponsive and then the
>>> keyboard locks up.  I have no choice but to power cycle.
>>>
>>> I have no idea why this would happen.  Any ideas on this one.  It did
>>> not happen in the last release.
>>>       
>> Are there any hints in /var/log/messages?
>>     
>
> These are the last lines in the /var/log/messages file right before the
> slow down and lockup.
>
> Jun 11 13:52:09 keith-laptop pulseaudio[5969]: pstream.c: Failed to
> import memory block.
> Jun 11 13:53:43 keith-laptop pulseaudio[5969]: pstream.c: Failed to
> import memory block.
> Jun 11 14:05:52 keith-laptop -- MARK --
> Jun 11 14:20:10 keith-laptop pulseaudio[5969]: pstream.c: Failed to
> import memory block.
> Jun 11 14:40:42 keith-laptop pulseaudio[5969]: pstream.c: Failed to
> import memory block.
> Jun 11 14:41:47 keith-laptop last message repeated 2 times
> Jun 11 14:42:47 keith-laptop last message repeated 3 times
> Jun 11 14:51:54 keith-laptop pulseaudio[5969]: pstream.c: Failed to
> import memory block.
>
> Keith
>
>   
I had total lockup with my first Hardy installations, the CD version and 
the DVD version. (I installed both from the same source). Everything 
appeared to be normal at first, mouse movements and clicks worked for up 
to about 20 or so mouse movements and key entries but then suddenly,  
the cursor would lock and the keyboard became effectively disconnected.  
No key entries, single or double had any effect, mouse movements and 
clicks had no effect. The lockups occurred every time I booted up but 
didn't have a consistent pattern.  I tried all the remedies suggested 
here, to no avail.

The only thing I could do was power down the computer by pressing the 
power button and try again.

My fix...... I tried downloading and creating new disks, and this time 
Hardy worked. All I can think is, the first installations (CD & DVD) 
must have had some flaw.  I didn't make note of exactly which source it 
was but I'm sure the second downloads were from a different source

elmo