System freezes once a day

[raffytaffy]

Re: System freezes once a day

Sure, no problem. I also plan to install 10.04 when it is Beta.

Just for fun, there are newer kernels in this OS:

http://www.sidux.com/index.html

I'm running a 2.6.32-4 at the moment. You might want to give a sidux Live CD a try also. It is also KDE4, and does well on most hardware.

I think I found the bug report for this issue
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/475010

[raffytaffy]

Re: System freezes once a day

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Ok guys..so here is the deal. I spent two days researching this issue after I first posted and I may have found a solution. I will post it here in case anyone else experiences this problem. I ended up @ launchpad and found a thread with a few folks who had a similar problem and one of them posted this solution.

This is the thread I found : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/475010

Here is the solution I used from that thread ( post #7 )

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Well, recently I tried using the Lucid kernel 2.6.32-5 and I was still experiencing lockups, so I removed that kernel and reverted to Karmic 2.6.31-15 and decided to give Xorg a look.

What I did was use the xorg crack pushers PPA:

https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa

That upgraded all of the following:

libdrm-intel1 (2.4.14-1ubuntu1) to 2.4.15+git20091125.6f66de98-0ubuntu0tormod~karmic
libdrm-radeon1 (2.4.14-1ubuntu1) to 2.4.15+git20091125.6f66de98-0ubuntu0tormod~karmic
libdrm2 (2.4.14-1ubuntu1) to 2.4.15+git20091125.6f66de98-0ubuntu0tormod~karmic
libgl1-mesa-dri (7.6.0-1ubuntu4) to 7.7.0~git20091201+mesa-7-7-branch.f17dbe25-0ubuntu0tormod3
libgl1-mesa-glx (7.6.0-1ubuntu4) to 7.7.0~git20091201+mesa-7-7-branch.f17dbe25-0ubuntu0tormod3
libglu1-mesa (7.6.0-1ubuntu4) to 7.7.0~git20091201+mesa-7-7-branch.f17dbe25-0ubuntu0tormod3
mesa-utils (7.6.0-1ubuntu4) to 7.7.0~git20091201+mesa-7-7-branch.f17dbe25-0ubuntu0tormod3
xserver-common (2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.1) to 2:1.6.5+git20091107+server-1.6-branch.2dbcb06a-0ubuntu0sarvatt~karmic
xserver-xorg-core (2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.1) to 2:1.6.5+git20091107+server-1.6-branch.2dbcb06a-0ubuntu0sarvatt~karmic
xserver-xorg-input-evdev (1:2.2.5-1ubuntu6) to 1:2.3.0+git20091107.a0f7f34d-0ubuntu0sarvatt4~karmic
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.1.2-1ubuntu7) to 1:1.2.0+git20091107.e6b1a4ef-0ubuntu0sarvatt2~karmic
xserver-xorg-video-ati (1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1) to 1:6.12.99+git20091201.88a50a30-0ubuntu0tormod~karmic
xserver-xorg-video-intel (2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2) to 2:2.9.0+git20091130.2.6729b508-0ubuntu0tormod~karmic
xserver-xorg-video-nv (1:2.1.14-2ubuntu3) to 1:2.1.15~git20090911.0250f0d7-0ubuntu0tormod
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (1:0.2.903+svn758-0ubuntu1) to 1:0.2.904~svn814-0ubuntu0tormod
xserver-xorg-video-radeon (1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1) to 1:6.12.99+git20091201.88a50a30-0ubuntu0tormod~karmic

About 24 hours later and no more lockups, but I can't guarantee anything! This AM I disabled (but did not remove) that PPA (rejecting 3 new updates) just to see how things go.

And of course we use different graphics drivers, but there are some common packages.

No doubt there are some risks involved but for me Karmic is largely unusable otherwise so I'm willing to try almost anything within reason.

Just be sure you read that whole page before proceeding, I don't want to be even remotely responsible for killing someone else's system!

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Some things to keep in mind if anyone decides to try this:

1st. write out all the packages you are updating so if this does not work, you will know what to downrgade!

2nd make sure you know the command to add this repo and also to remove it:

Command to add the PPA repo is "sudo add-apt-repository ppaorg-edgers/ppa"
Command to remove the PPA repo is "sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xorg-edgers-ppa-karmic.list"

-Final notes-
It has been a few days since my last hard lockup and I am hopeful that this problem has been nipped in the behind. I will keep you guys updated.

[GreyGeek]

Re: System freezes once a day

......
1st. write out all the packages you are updating so if this does not work, you will know what to downrgade!
.....

If you use Synaptic it has an excellent History database listing everything you add OR remove and the date you did it on.

[Detonate]

Re: System freezes once a day

The mnemonic I use is "Raiding Skinny Elephants Is Utterly Boring".