Laptop locks up

[Shannon McMackin]

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:29:57 -0400, Bart Silverstrim wrote:

> I have a friend that is running 8.04 on a Dell Precision M2300. He tried
> using 8.10 on it, but said that it would lock up tight at random time
> intervals. He said the logs were empty of errors from the time of the
> freezes, pointer locked, keyboard, etc...nothing responded. Not even
> connecting remotely from another system into the laptop would work, so
> even the network stack stopped responding.
> 
> He reverted to 8.04 and said it's okay with him because it works fine
> for his needs, but did anyone else run into behavior like this in moving
> 8.04 to 8.10?
> 
> -Bart

8.10 gave me issues with Compiz on my T61 laptop.  2 settings in the 
general tab of CCSM need to be unchecked.  They were "unredirect 
fullscreen windows" and "force independent output painting".  My T61 has 
the Intel video chip.  Maybe disabling compiz and checking stability 
might be a good start.