I get the same problem, but not when installing. Copying a large amount of files, or importing a lot of photos them into shotwell also causes the system to hang.
I have tried several of the mainline kernels as described in including: * http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/daily/2011-04-13-natty/ * http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.39-rc4-natty/ These kernels do not hang. The machine is a Dell 15R with 3G of RAM : http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-r/pd?p=inspiron-r&view=pdetails Let me know if I can give any more information to help. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/755066 Title: heavy i/o on sandybridge systems with small memory footprints causes system hangs -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
