Ubuntu freezes randomly

[Pat Brown]

Aaron wrote:
> Pat Brown wrote:
>   
>> I have a problem with Ubuntu freezing for no apparent reason. It's not 
>> like I'm running any RAM intensive programs - this morning I had 
>> Konquerer open, Thunderbird and OpenOffice. Konquerer was on The Weather 
>> Network looking at the long range forecast, and the whole system froze. 
>> I can't do anything except a hard reboot. I can't even open a terminal. 
>> I'm fully patched. I'm on a a Compaq Presario C700, with 512 MB and1.73 
>> Ghz. Even when it's not freezing it often slows down and the screen will 
>> gray out for several seconds before coming back. When it's in this state 
>> I can't do anything.
>>
>>   
>>     
> What version of Ubuntu are you running?
>
>   
I'm running the latest 8.04 LTS, with all the latest patches, etc.

Pat Brown
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