Public bug reported: I'm getting Frequently freezes on Ubuntu, usually when I'm browsing the web.
For now I can say that I was using almost all the RAM memory and was high on I/O activity just before the system hung. At first I thought the problem maybe was Chromium's, since almost all the time I was using it. Recently I was trying Firefox (so I could "test" this hipothesis) and BANG! Same thing happened. Maybe the problem isn't related to OS, but the fact that I can't to do anything but a hard reset makes me feel (besides angry) the OS should offer a last resort to the user, so one could at least try to kill a suspect process. In my case, all the time it happens, I try to open system monitor or a terminal window without success: the PC doesn't seem to "listen". Some times even the CAPSLOCK light can't change state when I press that key. The only thing I could do (a couple of times) was getting to terminal through ctrl+alt+fn, but it took a long time after the keypress and, once there, each character took several seconds to print on the screen. One of the times I even ended getting a "login time out" warning, since the system didn't finish fast enough the login process. I'll try to get more precise and useful information as soon as I know how to do it, so I can help more. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-25-generic 3.2.0-25.40 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: logica 1964 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfea78000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'VIA VT1708S' Components : 'HDA:11060397,104383eb,00100000' Controls : 47 Simple ctrls : 23 CurrentDmesg: [ 20.475436] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth1: link up [ 20.475699] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready [ 24.711970] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1700) terminated with status 1 [ 30.712007] eth1: no IPv6 routers present Date: Fri Jun 8 12:53:02 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=1963176e-24c8-4b88-aece-43372876fe0c InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth1 no wireless extensions. MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-25-generic root=UUID=fe8ae5cb-e09e-42e1-9e45-75bd2b2720dd ro quiet splash elevator=deadline vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-25-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-25-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-07 (31 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/18/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0502 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5KPL-AM-CKD-VISUM-SI dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: x.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0502:bd03/18/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5KPL-AM-CKD-VISUM-SI:rvrx.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug needs-upstream-testing precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1010554 Title: System suddenly freezes: hard reset needed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1010554/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs