8.04 still locks up

[elmo]

Nils Kassube wrote:
> elmo wrote:
>   
>> elmo wrote:
>>     
>>> Nils Kassube wrote:
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>>>> elmo wrote:
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>>>>> I've tried trial and error combinations of keypresses to loosen up
>>>>> the cursor....no effect.
>>>>>           
>>>> First shortcut to try is Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart the X server.
>>>> Then try Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get a terminal. That way you can find out if
>>>> your machine is completely locked or if only your X session is
>>>> broken. When you restart the machine, have a look at the logs. Maybe
>>>> there is some clue. In /var/log/messages search for the date and
>>>> time when the problem happened and in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old the
>>>> last lines are a good candidate for an indication of your problem.
>>>>
>>>> What graphics hardware do you have? Are you using a proprietary
>>>> graphics driver (ATI / Nvidia)?
>>>>         
>>> It's possible that my lockup problem is due to some kind of hardware
>>> defect but I have no clue as to what
>>> and how to check.  It's just that all my current operating systems
>>> all work so well
>>>       
>
> All except 8.04 that is. I think I reread all your posts in this thread 
> but couldn't find anything about your hardware. Can you tell us a bit 
> more about your machine? I don't know about any specific problem, but 
> maybe if you tell us what hardware you have someone has an idea. It is 
> definitely not a general problem with Ubuntu because then there would be 
> many many complaints about lockups on this list. So if it isn't a general 
> problem of the software, it is the combination of software and hardware 
> which doesn't work well. You can use the command
>
> lspci -v > lspci.txt
>
> in a terminal. That writes basic information about your hardware to the 
> file lspci.txt in your home directory. You can then post the contents of 
> that file here.
>
>   
>> When lockup occurs, there's no point in trying any of the suggested
>> shortcuts because the keyboard is dead and I can't type anything. The
>> monitor still shows the same display that was there when lockup
>> occurred.
>>     
>
> OK, at least that makes it clear that it is a lockup of the entire 
> machine, not only the X server. But did you have a look at the log files 
> I mentioned above? At least there is a possibility that there is 
> something written to one of the files before the machine stops working.
>
>
> Nils
>
>   
I'm overwhelmed by all the responses so it's difficult to digest and 
respond to all the suggestions immediately
I'm taking time out to give this thread a rest and to try the 
recommendations and will
repost when I have something to say.  Thanks, everybody.....
elmo.