Ubuntu 9.10 locking up regularly after upgrade (Was Re: I am using Ubuntu 9.10 version - facing problem with my system)

[Asif Iqbal]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Andrew Farris <flyindragon1 at aol.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 09:50 +0530, Electrotek_Chennai wrote:
> [snip]
> >  From that day onwards, my system gets struck while working.  I will
> > have to restart the system to work again.  This happens nearly 20
> > times a day.
>
>
same here. I upgrade my server to 9.10 karmic and ever since then it stops
responding after few mins of restart.

the server became useless. i am getting ready to reinstall 9.04



> Is it the whole system that is hanging, or just the GUI? You can check
> this the next time it hangs by hitting ctrl+alt+F1 (any key from F1 to
> F6 should work, but for ease of communication and all...). If you get to
> a text terminal then your computer is not freezing, rather the GUI is
> locking up. Once it is determined which is actually happening, we can
> focus on the right area.
>
> Another thing you can try is re-enabling the 'zap X' key combo so that
> if it turns out the GUI is all that is freezing, you can just kill the
> GUI w/o restarting the whole computer. The key combination is hard-bound
> to "Ctrl+alt+Backspace", so if you need this key combination for
> something else, don't follow the directions below. otherwise... To do
> this:
>     1. Go to: System > Preferences > Keyboard | Layouts Tab > Layout
>        Options
>     2. Click the arrow next to "Key sequence to kill the X server" and
>        click the checkbox next to "Control + Alt + Backspace". Be aware
>        that from now on, if you press that key combination, your GUI
>        will shut down, and you will return to the login screen.
>
> > I have called up my computer technical support person
> > and he has checked the system thoroughly.  We are unable to find out
> > what exactly could be the problem.  When I was using Ubuntu 8.04
> > version, my system did not hang. But now, my system is being restarted
> > nearly 20 times a day.
>
> Can you give a brief overview of what you went over with your tech
> support person? This might help shed some light on what's working, and
> what isn't.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
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