Ah ha! A lockup in a 'boot to root' console. I was running a DNS lookup program (http://www.summary.net/soft/dnstran.html) so it was networking away.
Screenshot attached, complete with stack trace. ** Attachment added: "DSC00849.JPG" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13891222/DSC00849.JPG -- [Hardy] lockup on HP Compaq NC4000 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs