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entwisi · 22-01-2008, 19:38

What version of Ubuntu?

are you doing anything specific at the time or is it totally at random? Its unusual to lock up completely.

Couple of things you can try.

Press CTRL ALT and Backspace together.(Not Delete as per the windows three fingered salute). This will restart X ( The graphical element).

If the above doesn't work then try CTRL ALT F1-F5 This will open a command line terminal ( NO X, that is sent to the background, Press CTRL ALT F7 to bring it back)

If you can get in to CLI then let me know and I'll tell you what to type then.

If none of teh above do anything press teh num lock key a few times and look if teh light on the keyboard goes on and off as expected

If the above don't work then after you restart open a terminal and type

cd /var/log
ls -lrt

the last command will list all files with full details in date/time order with the latest files last in the list. Look for any files that were written to just before the time the PC last froze.

Make a brief note of the files that have been updated since and tell me what they are.

Likewise tell me what files were written to just before the freeze.

I'm guessing you have some quirky piece of hardware that it doesn't like

Again in a terminal type

lspci
lsusb

And post the output in this thread. ( YOu can do this anytime, but make sure all hardware is plugged in particularly usb stuff that you don't always have in.)

22-01-2008, 19:38	#3
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4387	Re: So much for stable XD What version of Ubuntu? are you doing anything specific at the time or is it totally at random? Its unusual to lock up completely. Couple of things you can try. Press CTRL ALT and Backspace together.(Not Delete as per the windows three fingered salute). This will restart X ( The graphical element). If the above doesn't work then try CTRL ALT F1-F5 This will open a command line terminal ( NO X, that is sent to the background, Press CTRL ALT F7 to bring it back) If you can get in to CLI then let me know and I'll tell you what to type then. If none of teh above do anything press teh num lock key a few times and look if teh light on the keyboard goes on and off as expected If the above don't work then after you restart open a terminal and type cd /var/log ls -lrt the last command will list all files with full details in date/time order with the latest files last in the list. Look for any files that were written to just before the time the PC last froze. Make a brief note of the files that have been updated since and tell me what they are. Likewise tell me what files were written to just before the freeze. I'm guessing you have some quirky piece of hardware that it doesn't like Again in a terminal type lspci lsusb And post the output in this thread. ( YOu can do this anytime, but make sure all hardware is plugged in particularly usb stuff that you don't always have in.) __________________ Ian Technical God, No 1 Geek And Linux Guru Have you seen my Flickr pictures?