8.04 still locks up

[elmo]

art wrote:
> James Takac wrote:
>   
>> Runs fine on 5 of mine as well. progs occasionally become unresponsive for a 
>> bit and windows grey out but comes good a while later again. Just a bit of a 
>> nuisance my end and likely a cpu load issue?
>> James
>>     
>
> I've seen this also. It seems to happen a lot when I suspend my laptop 
> (using the power manager applet suspend), and then after I resume and am 
> typing in Open Office Writer, for example, I'll get some major delays 
> with the gray out.  If I just keep on typing, it'll catch up eventually, 
> but it is quite annoying.  I don't think it happens, or at least not as 
> much, if not following a suspend and resume.
> Art
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>
>   
In my case, the freeze is so complete that there's no alternative but to 
press the computer power button to shut down the computer.