[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity

2011-06-01 Thread mattstat
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[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity

2011-06-01 Thread mattstat
Happened again, this time while typing a Gmail. I tried the sync_to_vblank trick and that seems to reduce the number of freezes, but it does not eliminate them. Before it crashed, computer had been on for 24 hours, at various times Suspended and under a blank screensaver. Only thing that worked

[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity

2011-05-31 Thread mattstat
I have the same bug. Brand new Vostro, brand new Natty 64-bit installation. It appears most often when the screensaver activates *with* flash playing in Firefox, but it has happened at other times. When it locks up, Flash will continue to play (if I'm on, say, Pandora or some other streaming ser