[ubuntu-us-mi] Freezing Ubuntu

[Gary Young]

I had installed Ubuntu on a friends computer a few weeks ago . Now it is
starting to freeze on him . I was wondering has any one experience this
before ? . If so what was the fix ? .
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[Jeff Hanson]

Post by Gary Young
I had installed Ubuntu on a friends computer a few weeks ago . Now it is
starting to freeze on him . I was wondering has any one experience this
before ? . If so what was the fix ? .

Start by checking for hardware problems. Dirt, loose cables, bad
memory (run memtest from the Grub menu at boot), loose cards, failing
hard drives (install smartmontools and run smartctl /dev/sda | less).

[Traveler]

Hi Gary, I have the same problem, and it seems my mouse/keyboard will not unfreeze it. Usually happens after it has been on awhile with no activity. If I restart the computer it works fine.
I have not found a fix yet. No problem with XP doing the same as I have it set it up as a dual boot.

Kurt

From: Gary Young <gyoung9 at gmail.com>
Subject: [ubuntu-us-mi] Freezing Ubuntu
To: ubuntu-us-mi at lists.ubuntu.com
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2009, 1:32 PM
I had installed Ubuntu on a friends
computer a few weeks ago . Now it is starting to freeze on
him . I was wondering has any one experience this before ? .
If so what was the fix ? .
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[Jeff Hanson]

Post by Traveler
Hi Gary, I have the same problem, and it seems my mouse/keyboard will not unfreeze it. Usually happens after it has been on awhile with no activity. If I restart the computer it works fine.
I have not found a fix yet. No problem with XP doing the same as I have it set it up as a dual boot.

That could indicate the screen saver or sleep/hibernate is causing the
problem. If it freezes again, try pinging it. From a terminal enter
"ping -c 5 <IP address>". If it doesn't respond then it has frozen.
See if the keyboard lights are blinking:
http://jhansonxi.blogspot.com/2007/12/keyboard-led-flashing-panic.html

If it does respond, then you can try logging in remotely with ssh
(assuming openssh-server is installed). Check the kernel messages
with dmesg and the X.org log file in /var/log.

[Zach Frey]

It would help to know the version of Ubuntu and some information about the
computer type...

Thanks,
Zach

Post by Gary Young
I had installed Ubuntu on a friends computer a few weeks ago . Now it is
starting to freeze on him . I was wondering has any one experience this
before ? . If so what was the fix ? .
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[Traveler]

Thanks Jeff for the info. I will have to try it next time it happens.

Kurt

From: Jeff Hanson <jhansonxi at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-mi] Freezing Ubuntu
To: "Ubuntu Michigan Local Community Team" <ubuntu-us-mi at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2009, 4:12 PM
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 2:53 PM,
Traveler<sgttutt2001 at yahoo.com>

Post by Traveler
Hi Gary, I have the same problem, and it seems my

mouse/keyboard will not unfreeze it. Usually happens after
it has been on awhile with no activity. If I restart the
computer it works fine.

Post by Traveler
I have not found a fix yet. No problem with XP doing

the same as I have it set it up as a dual boot.
That could indicate the screen saver or sleep/hibernate is
causing the
problem.? If it freezes again, try pinging it.?
From a terminal enter
"ping -c 5 <IP address>".? If it doesn't respond
then it has frozen.
http://jhansonxi.blogspot.com/2007/12/keyboard-led-flashing-panic.html
If it does respond, then you can try logging in remotely
with ssh
(assuming openssh-server is installed).? Check the
kernel messages
with dmesg and the X.org log file in /var/log.
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