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Since upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10, I am having constant problems with my PC freezing. I have to shut it down manually. There seems to be no consistency to the problem ...
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a freezing PC
Since upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10, I am having constant problems with my PC freezing. I have to shut it down manually. There seems to be no consistency to the problem as I could be in Firefox or Thunderbird. Anyone having this problem?
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Since using Ubuntu 9.10, the only problems I've ever had is freezing when shutting down and the Software Center problem. Haven't heard about any other people with that problem though.
Does that only happen when you're running Firefox and Thunderbird? Or does it happen with any other applications?
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Welcome !!! can you find any errors while running the command dmesg?
Open terminal and run command
What's your RAM and SWAP size?$dmesg
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It happens (so far) only running Firefox and Thunderbird
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I ran mesg and can find no errors.
My RAM is 3520
SWAP is 10362
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Are you sure it's freezing the entire system and not just the UI? What happens if you press Ctrl-Alt-F2?
Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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Next time I have the problem I will try your escape ladder. Thanks. AS to what is freezing, I have no idea nor would I know how to find it out. Thanks again, Gumby
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Well, if you can switch to a console screen w/ Ctrl-Alt-F2 (you might want to wait a bit before giving up), then you can login and see what is going on and kill Firefox or whatever is hanging the system. That won't fix the problem, but it will keep you from having to reboot the OS.
Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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I got into the console, neither Firefox or Thunderbird showed up, therefore I could not kill them. Then I could not get out of the console and get back to where I was. There seemed to be nothing running except nautilus, which I killed. Nothing seemed to have changed. Any other suggestions?
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How did you look for running processes? I use ps -aef
Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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