Hiya, I do this particular procedure almost every day (i.e. watch a movie using VLC from a NTFS external USB drive) and so far it hasn't happened again.
Regards Lesley. Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Sunday, 30 June 2024 at 15:21, Paul White <2068...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. We are sorry that we do not > always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely > manner. > > Please note that the Ubuntu project cannot support packages which are not > available in the Ubuntu > repositories such as Google Chrome. Is this still an issue or was the problem > a 'one-off'? > > ** Changed in: ubuntu > Status: New => Incomplete > > > ** Tags added: jammy > > ** Summary changed: > > - Total OS lockup - Had to hard power off \ on. > + Total OS lockup - Had to hard power off / on. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2068808 > > Title: > Total OS lockup - Had to hard power off / on. > > Status in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Ubuntu 22.04 LTS fully updated. > > Watching video via VLC Media player from NTFS formatted USB drive, > then launched google chrome browser to look at wikipedia website. Half > way thru webpage loading the entire OS locked up. > > Video audio remained playing but mouse dead, keyboard dead. The only > way to get control of laptop back was to hard power off. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/2068808/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2068808 Title: Total OS lockup - Had to hard power off / on. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/2068808/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs