Unexpected freezes in Maverick

[Harry L. Lee]

try googling "ubuntu lockups". from that, it appears the problem is flash
and a real solution must originate from adobe. i don't understand this.
aren't there open source replacements for flash? i have actual work of my
own to do before i becopme a beta tester for adobe. they gotrocks, they
should have their own test group.
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 7:57 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 11/29/2010 12:23 AM, Carsten Agger wrote:
> > I'm using Maverick Meerkat on an old(-ish) MSI Megabook S271 with an old
> > Radeon Xpress graphics card onboard.
> >
> > Recently (yesterday, or day before) the system has started freezing
> > unexpectedly - no cursor movement, no reaction to hotkey combinations,
> > nothing. Only pressing the power button helps.
> >
> > It might be the mother board getting old/doing strange things, but
> > perhaps it might also be the system ...? It seems to be associated with
> > high system load, especially opening programs. After a reboot I can't
> > find anything suspicious in the logs.
> >
> > Does anyone know how I continue from here in an attempt to diagnose the
> > problem? I'd really like to know if there's a kernel bug or something
> > that causes the freeze, as it's causing me to lose work right now.
> >
>
> My _guess_ would be video card/chipset issues. According to what I could
> find, your system appears to be running an ATI Radeon Xpress 1150. Can
> you verify by checking:
>
> $ sudo lshw
> or
> $ lspci -nnvv | grep -A1 "VGA compatible controller"
>
> Also:
>
> 1. What video drivers are you using?
> - Check System|Administration|Additional Drivers
> 2. Check your logs
> - Check your Xorg.0.log to see if there are errors there
> [/var/log/Xorg.0.log +Xorg.0.log.old]
> - Check your ~/.xsession-errors
> 3. Check launchpad to see if there are others reporting the same:
> -
> <
> https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=ATI+Radeon+Xpress+1150+%2Bmaverick
> >
> - <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati>
> [enter: maverick +freeze
> in the search bar]
> 4. Check your bios for temp shutdown warnings/notifications. If you are
> getting a cpu thermal shutdown you may not see it in Ubuntu.
> 5. Have a look through these for suggestions:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Quirks
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting
> [Try turning off KMS]
> 6. Try running without any visual effects turned on
> (System|Preferences|Appearance|Visual Effects: None
>
>
>
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