Ubuntu crashing
Shannon McMackin
smcmackin at gmail.com
Fri Sep 4 12:33:08 UTC 2009
Ken T. wrote:
> I upgraded to Intrepid a while back and since then I've had some
> difficulty with my laptop crashing. It is an Inspiron 1525 from Dell.
> When it crashes the screen doesn't change but everything seizes up. The
> caps like and num lock indicators flash and the only solution is a hard
> reboot.
>
> Any idea what is happening or how to fix it? I'd like to move to Jaunty
> but I'm affected by a bug that leads to hard disk corruption, so for now
> it is out.
>
> I don't think this was a problem with Hardy.
>
> Thanks.
>
Are you running Compiz? If so, install CCSM and make sure you de-select
something about redirect full screen in the general settings. This was
a problem for me on Intrepid with Intel video.
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