Ubuntu amd64 freezes randomly

[Daniel]

Hello, I tried this. But the same, it freezes. I'm listening to other
suggestions if you have. Excuse me I've been busy and could not reply!

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 4:02 PM, pete <peter.smout at o2.com> wrote:

> On 13/06/10 20:51, Aaron wrote:
> > Cool.
> >
> > First try running the "Appearance" tool and disable the visual effects,
> > if it still crashes then:
> >
> > What driver are you using? You may want to install the latest fglrx
> > drivers by:
> >
> > 1. Going to http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx.
> > 2. Save the driver to its own folder (make the file executable).
> > 3. Open a terminal window and change to that directory. For example:
> >           cd '/home/yourlogin/Downloads/thefolderthatyoumade'
> > 4. Then make the driver packages by running this command:
> >           sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-10-5-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg
> > Ubuntu/lucid
> >       It takes about 5 minutes and my PC and will install some packages
> > to compile the             driver.
> > 5. Run the following command the install the packages that were made in
> > step 4:
> >       sudo dpkg -i *.deb
> > 6. Run the following command to make sure the new driver is used once
> > your laptop is rebooted:
> >       sudo aticonfig --initial
> > 7. Finally run the "Appearance" tool and disable the visual effects (It
> > is automatically enabled when you install the driver).
> >
> Hi,
> I experienced a similar issue on karmic 9.10 shortly before the m-board
> gave out completely!
>
> Having said that re-installing ubuntu-minimal through synaptic seem to
> resolve the issue, at least until the m-board gave out two weeks later!
>
> The only reason I mention my own issue here is although not a really
> experienced user, like some on this list (many thanks to you all I have
> learnt so much from you all!) the issue could well be a 'early warning'
> of further hassles to come!
>
> Good luck,
>
> Pete
>
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