Ubuntu 9.10 Keeps Freezing
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From: Aragorn on 1 Nov 2009 18:17 On Monday 02 November 2009 00:07 in alt.os.linux, somebody identifying as Dr. Deb wrote... > Luis Santana wrote: > >> Hey anyone have problems with Ubuntu 9.10 just randomly freezing up >> if you leave it inactive for a bit? It seems everytime I go to work >> and come back Karmic Koala just totally hangs itself and I need to do >> a hard reboot. > > Yes, on Xubuntu and Kubuntu both, after I finally got them to load by > turning everything off in F6. What is "turning everything off in F6"? I have never heard of any application called "F6" before. > I borrowed an old Dell (hate name brand computers because of the > squirrely stuff they put in the bios) and got UbuntuStudio to load. > Hated it. I am now attempting to load Xubuntu will post about it > later. > > I do have one question - is there any chance that Ubuntu is secretly > underwritten by Micosoft in an attempt to discredit Linux as a valid > OS? ;-) You have *got* to be joking, right? > The reason for the above has to do with their refusal to load > an "ndiswrapper" and/or good internet tools. /ndiswrapper/ is a kernel module that loads a proprietary, binary-only network adapter driver written for Windows into the kernel. This has nothing to do with the distribution, but all the more with the binary Windows driver and possibly with the kernel version. There are two things you can do about it. The first is to install a more recent kernel - preferably one from kernel.org, which you would of course need to configure and compile first, but that's not as hard as it sounds - and the second is to buy hardware which works with GNU/Linux. If your Windows gadget doesn't work with GNU/Linux, then don't blame GNU/Linux but blame yourself instead, because you're the one who bought it. > I have a little Linksys WMP54-G and UbuntuStudio did not recognize it. > This is an old card, there is no reason it should not have been > recognized. Is the driver code for that device available as FOSS? > Add to that the fact that the Gnome tool set is unspeakably lousy > makes for a very undesirable OS. Parser error. Cannot compute. -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: Dan C on 1 Nov 2009 18:40 On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:07:43 -0600, Dr. Deb wrote: > Luis Santana wrote: > >> Hey anyone have problems with Ubuntu 9.10 just randomly freezing up if >> you leave it inactive for a bit? It seems everytime I go to work and >> come back Karmic Koala just totally hangs itself and I need to do a >> hard reboot. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Luis > > > Yes, on Xubuntu and Kubuntu both, after I finally got them to load by > turning everything off in F6. > > I borrowed an old Dell (hate name brand computers because of the > squirrely stuff they put in the bios) and got UbuntuStudio to load. > Hated it. I am now attempting to load Xubuntu will post about it later. > > I do have one question - is there any chance that Ubuntu is secretly > underwritten by Micosoft in an attempt to discredit Linux as a valid OS? > ;-) > > The reason for the above has to do with their refusal to load an > "ndiswrapper" and/or good internet tools. I have a little Linksys > WMP54-G and UbuntuStudio did not recognize it. This is an old card, > there is no reason it should not have been recognized. Add to that the > fact that the Gnome tool set is unspeakably lousy makes for a very > undesirable OS. > > Deb Are you just another common Win-troll? What exactly is the point of your rambling, non-sensical post? What are you trying to ask here? Please translate to something closer to English. -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". "Bother!" said Pooh, as he garotted another passing Liberal. Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
From: Eclectic on 2 Nov 2009 00:17 On Nov 1, 5:48 pm, Luis Santana <ad...(a)hacktalk.net> wrote: > J.O. Aho wrote: > > Luis Santana wrote: > >> Hey anyone have problems with Ubuntu 9.10 just randomly freezing up if .... > When the system freezes the mouse is unresponsive, the keyboard is > unresponsive (can't even turn on/off numlock), and it's just an all > around system freeze. I'm seeing exaclty the same problem as Luis on my old Dimension 8200. The system works fine when it's working; however, the system locks up tight after about half an hour to an hour (not really sure when...usually occurs when I doze off in my recliner). Generally, the only application running at the time is Firefox. I've tried to got to one of my other boxes and ping it. The system is unresponsive to the network. I can't ping it, I cant SSH into it. It appears to be a complete lock from the top to bottom...not just X or KDE. Now, the real catch is that I have had this problem with EVERY recent Linux distribution I have tried on this computer. I've tried Debian, Knoppix, SUSE, Ubuntu, and others. I think about the only thing I haven't done is gone back to my roots in Slackware, but I didn't really want all the work involved of installing all the frills that are easily available in the other distributions. I tried removing Compiz, and that bought me nothing. I've shut off all of the power management I could find both in the OS and CMOS, and I've also shut off the screensaver as well. Nothing has stopped this hard lock from occurring. I've been running Linux of some variety for years, and never seen a situation where it just didn't like the box like this appears to be. So, if anyone has any ideas, I'd sure be happy to hear them.
From: Jasen Betts on 2 Nov 2009 04:58 On 2009-11-02, Eclectic <tekanger(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Now, the real catch is that I have had this problem with EVERY recent > Linux distribution I have tried on this computer. I've tried Debian, > Knoppix, SUSE, Ubuntu, and others. I think about the only thing I > haven't done is gone back to my roots in Slackware, but I didn't > really want all the work involved of installing all the frills that > are easily available in the other distributions. > > I tried removing Compiz, and that bought me nothing. I've shut off > all of the power management I could find both in the OS and CMOS, and > I've also shut off the screensaver as well. Nothing has stopped this > hard lock from occurring. > > I've been running Linux of some variety for years, and never seen a > situation where it just didn't like the box like this appears to be. > So, if anyone has any ideas, I'd sure be happy to hear them. are you leaving web pages with flash open? how nuch swap and ram do you have?
From: J.O. Aho on 2 Nov 2009 12:25
Luis Santana wrote: >> you can log in and kill the x server and the machine comes alive again. > It's a total system freeze as I mentioned before, no ssh, no ping, no > tftp, nothing. As for synergys, even without it the system just freezes > up on me. I'm starting to think that maybe Ubuntu is misreading my cpu > temp and causes it to trip the "panic mode" setting thus freezing the > box. I'll look into that after a nap and report back Could be an issue with the graphics card/driver, but is difficult to confirm without knowing what it it. -- //Aho |