Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2014-01-27 Thread Antonio Falk
Hi, I was running different Nvidia graphic cards with different proprietary Nvidia drivers (see my previous post). Changed the Nvidia graphic card to an old HD 5670 Radeon AMD and loaded the catalyst drivers. *Until now no more system hangups has appeared.* Will try e newer AMD R9 290 card later

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2013-01-11 Thread Simon Eriksson
Hi Martin, I am on 12.04. Basically I tried to install Steam and it prompted for updating of nvidia drivers. Thereafter the problem began. Presuming it was an nvidia driver problem I did a complete purge and installed an earlier version. Didn't work. Purged again and tried using nouveau. Worked o

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2013-01-09 Thread Martin Wildam
@nickg: Did you try a higher kernel like 3.5.0.21 (that's what I currently use - http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/)? It solved my freeze-problems. You can get it with a bash script like this: #!/bin/bash #Downloads Ubuntu variants of given kernel in 64-bit flavor KERNELVER="3.5.0

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2013-01-09 Thread Andy Brook
For a stable build I had to rollback to 11.10, I can't take the downtime associated with diagnosing this, 12.04 wasn't stable for me, 12.10 didn't cure it either, fingers crossed for 13.04. Until everyone says yay all fixed, I wont be upgrading ;( Ubuntu 64bit / 12GB / SSD / nVidia Corporation G8

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2013-01-09 Thread Martin Wildam
On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Simon Eriksson wrote: > Is there a solution to this problem? My computer has been essentially > unusable for a fortnight now. @Simon: Which of the already mentioned did you already try? And which variant of Ubuntu are you using? -- You received this bug notificat

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2013-01-08 Thread Gérald Gurtner
@Daniel: I had the problem with a desktop too (#523). The problem was solved with me by installing the proprietary driver for the nvidia graphic card. Of course it's not a general answer to the problem but it might help some of you. -G On 01/07/2013 11:28 PM, Daniel wrote: > I've red every pos

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2013-01-07 Thread Martin Wildam
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Daniel wrote: > I've red every post in this topic and i can see that it is not ATI or Nvidia. > It is kernel and about power management. > Maybe i'm wrong but i think everyone who has this freezes is using laptop. Yes, Laptop here. Cannot say 100% if it was only

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2013-01-07 Thread Joris V.
Yep... I am more and more convinced the root of this bugger is a kernel problem. I didn't have success with any kernel higher than 3.2, although I only tried standard distro kernels up to now. I did try ubuntu 12.x, the last two mints and fedora. In degrees of stability, only ubuntu had the deep

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2013-01-07 Thread Martin Wildam
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:04 AM, audunpoi <993...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Hi Rabit. For me it's the same with Kubuntu or Mint. It does not seem to > matter. I didn't try any other distros, though this problem certainly > motivates me. This confirms my experience, that all of the Debian-based

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2013-01-06 Thread milton hagler
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Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2013-01-04 Thread nano
Hi everybody, I had exactly the same problem and I fixed it. My laptop asus n71jq was always freezing (several times a day). Even CTRL+ALT+SysRq REISUB was not working. It has two hard drives with dual boot: - one with kubuntu 12.10 and kernel 3.5.0-19 - one with windows seven (on an ntfs parti

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-12-13 Thread Martin Wildam
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Kayvan Javid wrote: > ** Changed in: plymouth-theme-int2mil-ubuntu-11.04 (Ubuntu Precise) >Status: Confirmed => Fix Released Was this an accidental mistake? Or how is it suddenly clear even what the real cause reason behind all those freezes is? Can you pr

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-12-11 Thread Martin Wildam
Hi, as kernel 3.5.0.18 solves my freeze problems, someone asked me to try with a newer kernel. Yesterday I tried the newest - 3.7.0.6 or so - unfortunately I cannot go to long-run tests because it seems, my virtualbox can't cope with it. Probably I need to upgrade that as well. As it seems, there

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-12-10 Thread milton hagler
Still crashing for me occasionally with 3.5.0.19-generic, if I recall correctly I was using 18 before and it also crashed. On 10/12/12 20:38, Rabit rabit wrote: > @Martin, > > I'm using 3.6.3-030603-generic. I just recently upgraded. > I also update nvidia driver to ver 3.04.64 > > My system dual

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-12-09 Thread Martin Wildam
On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 1:21 AM, Rabit rabit wrote: > You can't do anything with the system other than reboots (actually in my > case, it will reboot itself in about 20 seconds).No Ctrl-Alt-F1, no > SSH, nothing) My freezes where all of this type. > And Yes... still happening.. Just crash

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-12-05 Thread Martin Wildam
@Rand: I had this with virtualbox or vmwareplayer running (do not remember which because I use both) and a vm was booting. Disabling some kernel flag related to watchdog helped and later using updated versions of virtualbox and vmware solved. The issue anyway. There is a feature in the kernel (I t

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-12-05 Thread Martin Wildam
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Joris V. <993...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > As far as I can judge, this is a kernel thing messing up with GPU. > Something crept into the later kernels, i.e. above 3.0, shipped with > Oneiric 11.10. Oneiric is rock-solid, even with propriety nVidia driver. > Every

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-11-23 Thread Hanine HAMZIOUI
I did it when not frozen. On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Martin Wildam <993...@bugs.launchpad.net>wrote: > @Hanine: > > How to do this: > > $ unity --reset > > $ unity --replace > > $ compiz --replace > > while completely frozen? >8-| > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-11-22 Thread Martin Wildam
@Hanine: How to do this: > $ unity --reset > $ unity --replace > $ compiz --replace while completely frozen? >8-| -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993187 Title: ubuntu 12.04 complete

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-11-21 Thread Hanine HAMZIOUI
Hello, Guys! MINT is based off Ubuntu. Mint is nothing less than Ubuntu with another Desktop Environment (CInnamon) and some tweaked options to make it look like Microsoft Windows. Don't Fancy about it being more robust or life-savy! For the freezing issue, I had it under 12.04 AMD64 (Complete

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-11-20 Thread milton hagler
Perhaps, someone can enlighten us about how Mint 14 is different from Ubuntu 12.10? What did they fix in Ubuntu 12.10 to bring stability? As for a Lens substitute try Synapse it is great and I must use it 100 times per day to launch applications and find things. On 21/11/12 06:41, Brendan Bri

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-11-14 Thread Martin Wildam
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Christoph wrote: > Test the new Linux Mint(14), i think it works fine because of another > kernel ;) You can use a different kernel in Ubuntu also very easily - and don't forget: Mint is based on Ubuntu. ;-) http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/ -

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-11-14 Thread Gérald Gurtner
Hi everybody, Apparently the problem is solved for me. Installing the proprietary driver for my nvidia card seems to be the key, although, as I said before (#523), something is definitively going on with the audio driver as well. I recall my config: Processor: i3 Board: Asus P7P55D Graphics: N

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-11-14 Thread Martin Wildam
Hi, On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 8:56 AM, backstreetrover wrote: > I suspect that any hardware that this bug affects will show the freeze > on live cd itself without needing to actually install ubuntu. > > Why has this not been fixed by canonical yet > ! You can see

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-11-10 Thread Martin Wildam
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Felix <993...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > for me it is: 3.5.0-18-generic Me too and no single lockup/freeze since running that (for weeks already). Video: Intel i915 Regards, Martin. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-11-09 Thread milton hagler
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Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-11-08 Thread Martin Wildam
adam, what is the kernel that you use? Investigate it with: uname -r Regards, Martin. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993187 Title: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently. To man

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-11-01 Thread Gérald Gurtner
Hi, I have the same bug (complete freeze, no mouse & no keyboard after a few seconds, no ssh, automatic reboot sometimes 2 or 3 minutes later) and here are some details which might help. First my configuration (it's a desktop computer): Processor: i3 Board: Asus P7P55D Graphics: Nvidia GT940 R

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-10-31 Thread Andy Brook
11.10 still going strong, not liking my odds for an upgrade... On 1 November 2012 13:30, Rabit rabit wrote: > Same thing here too.. > > Core2Duo Desktop > Nvidia 6600GT > 2GB > Ubuntu 12.04 32bit (always updated) > > Random crashes almost everyday, often when watching some videos or > youtube, b

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-10-23 Thread Martin Wildam
Hi, On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Christopher James Leaf wrote: > I've tried several different versions of Ubuntu to see if any one of > them is stable. I've tried 32 and 64 bit versions of 12.04 and 10.04 > Ubuntu. All clean installs and have had a variety of results, it seemed > like in most

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-10-11 Thread Martin Wildam
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 6:12 PM, justin curtis mathews <993...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > this is my system and i have had no lock-ups. even with 5 > windows/programs open at a time i hope this information will help those > who decide to go from what they are currently using to something like my

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-10-08 Thread Andy Brook
This thread is so long. Solution is to not use 12.04, rollback to 11.10 and save yourself a bunch of time. I'll give 12.10 a spin, but will be keeping 11.10 on hand if tat still as these problems. On 9 Oct 2012 07:21, "Floopy Magee" wrote: > Latest update- freezing has returned, complete freeze

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-09-25 Thread Martin Wildam
Hello Folks, I can say that for about a week on kernel 3.4 and no more lockup/freeze. Pretty sure that the problem lies in the kernel. I did not try with 3.5 and 3.6 for a longer while because I have other problems with those versions. :-( -- You received this bug notification because you are a

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-09-19 Thread hawk
I've updated my Ubuntu to kernel 3.4 and so far the lockups have stopped. On Sep 18, 2012 10:05 PM, "Martin Wildam" <993...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I had similar issues - currently on kernel 3.4.0-030400-generic (got > at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/) and no freeze since > t

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-09-18 Thread Martin Wildam
I had similar issues - currently on kernel 3.4.0-030400-generic (got at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/) and no freeze since then (a few days). The only reason I did not use a higher kernel is because of the higher kernel numbers do not work with the current vmware player which I ne

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-08-26 Thread Hein
There is a more recent bug report nvidia related pls post there Verzonden vanaf mijn BlackBerry®-toestel -Original Message- From: Brian Colburn Sender: boun...@canonical.com Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:26:11 To: Reply-to: Bug 993187 <993...@bugs.launchpad.net> Subject: [Bug 993187] Re: u

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-08-23 Thread Mika Suomalainen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 23.08.2012 17:14, Pawel Kwasniewski kirjoitti: > Such a bug and Won't Fix status. Have you read the comments? It's won't fix, because everyone are describing different bugs and don't give enough information. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: Gn

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-08-15 Thread Pierrick
I checked in my syslog after many complete freeze (CTRL+ALT+Fx not reacting), and i found this line for the 3rd time: Aug 16 13:17:01 pierriko-dell CRON[10776]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) at the time of the freeze, but I've nothing in my crontab: $ crontab -l no

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-08-09 Thread Hein
@ john. Perhaps better to file another bug related to kernel(settings). Verzonden vanaf mijn BlackBerry®-toestel -Original Message- From: john smith Sender: boun...@canonical.com Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:37:41 To: Reply-to: Bug 993187 <993...@bugs.launchpad.net> Subject: [Bug 993187]

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-07-14 Thread Paul
So far so good w/ Linux 3.2.0-27. Paul On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Andre <993...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > @Matt @Paul: Your bug is Bug #10 (Ivy Bride). Please follow the > instructions there to install the proposed kernel (comment #63). If you > do not have the confidence to work wi

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-06-27 Thread hanynowsky
That is what I did, long last month. I thought at first that the upgrade from Ubuntu kernel 23 to 24 fixed the freezes I used to have (Hard freezes that requires hard reboot); but I actually I recall I rest Unity before updating the kernel back then: unity --reset && compiz --replace && sudo ligh

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-06-25 Thread milton hagler
Thanks Christian for the comment. I've been contemplating upgrading my kernel also but am a bit leery of using a not-yet-released kernel (i.e. still in beta). Sure would like to solve this though because it seems to happen at the most inopportune times and my friends think I'm crazy for not usi

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2012-06-11 Thread Fabio Pedretti
Can you open a new bug for this and report the number here? Citando Martin <993...@bugs.launchpad.net>: > This bug affects me to. Running a Dell Latitude E4300 CORE Duo with > Intel graphics. > It's a graphics freeze for me, I can move my pointer and the > keyboard still functions when it loc

Re: [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently while watching videos (Fixed by 3.3.6 kernel)

2012-06-01 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 01:55:03AM -, Eloy Paris wrote: > Bryce, > This was happening on my work machine and I could not afford the > instability so I grabbed a pristine 3.3.7 tarball from kernel.org, > compiled that, and that is what I am running. My uptime is now 7 days. Great, then do a gi