Commonly used to refer to unresponsive computers. If your software is freezing then you likely need to file a bug, as freeze problems are usually off topic here and will likely be closed.
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Why my ubuntu freezes? How to debug it?
My ubuntu 12.04 freezes often. It freezes usually few seconds after waking up from sleep. But that is not the rule. I've seen it frozen afrer few seconds after it booted normally with applications ...
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Screen freezes on HP pavilion, ATI Radeon
Two months ago I opened up my Notebook and cleaned it. I followed istructions and I remember putting everything back in place.
Immediately after I started experiencing some problems. At the begining ...
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ubuntu 12.04 totally freeze while browsing or virtualBox
My system:
ubuntu 12.04 64-bit
8 GB memmory
Intel Core i3 540
AMD ATI RV710 [Radeon HD 4350] - graphic driver
I have tried to figure out what is causing the freeze, but not found it. It happens ...
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File copy freezing with large network copies
I'm using version 12.10. When I do large file copy from windows network share it always hangs the copy process. Rest of machine is fine, just the copy process is hung. I connect to the share by ...
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freezing in violet screen or black in ubuntu 12.10 32 bit on hp probook4520s
my lap top battery died so I removed it and I'm working plugged in all the time . I want to start my laptop it stuck on violet or black screen . it's driving me crazy . I left my laptop for 1 hour but ...
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12.04 lagging and crashing
I'm relatively new to Ubuntu but I kind of love it. I had 11.10 installed on my computer and it worked like a charm. However since installing a 12.* Version I have several problems, which make my ...
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Installer hangs during installation at “select location” screen
Every so often I consider moving from Windows to Linux, every time I never seem to be able to get a Linux distro to install so leave it and keep windows, well I tried again with Ubuntu and here we go ...
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How to find what is causing system freezes
Two or three times a day (starting about a week ago) my system will freeze (running 12.04.2 LTS). When the freeze occurs music will continue playing and the mouse pointer is still moveable (clicking ...
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Google Chrome causes system freeze
I'm using xubuntu 12.04, but google chrome always causes system freezes while I'm scrolling down a webpage or a drop down box pops out.
It is quite strange that tty1 could not be switched but only ...
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How can one disable Wi-Fi power management when using Jupiter?
Background and Problem
My laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad X131e 3372-2VU, running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) freezes when Ubuntu tries to manage the wireless interface's power.
I had to manually disable wireless ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit keeps freezing when using VMs [Using Lenovo ideapad g580 laptop]
I'm having an annoying issue with my machine that I hope someone can help me with.
My machine keeps freezing when running a VM under it. From what I noticed till now, it happens mostly when I save a ...
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Why Ubuntu freezes after writing a password?
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my PC. Everything is fine, but when it asked a password, I type the password and PC is frozen, but I can move freely with cursor.
I tried Ctrl+Alt+T but nothing ...
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I can't install Ubuntu 12.10 on my notebook/
When I install on notebook (HP Pavilion dv6-3110er. AMD N830 2100MHz / ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470) Ubuntu 12.10 x64, the installation freezes on the logo. Throws an error failed to load file amd ...
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UI freezes very often after moving the home directory
I maybe wrong but from what I understand I should've done the movement of the home directory to another partition from a liveCD, what I didn't do.
I think that made the UI (sidebar, upperbar) and ...
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Ubuntu freezes after a batch of updates
I installed a first batch of updates after doing a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 tonight on my laptop. The fresh install worked great. But after the updates when it offered me to restart it will not ...
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ubuntu 12.04 live cd freezes when trying to install on hp pavilion dv6
I first erased the recovery partition to nake some space
i boot with the ubuntu 12.04 live cd
it asks me if i want to install or try ubuntu
with both options is the same result, the screen goes black ...
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crash,abrupt heating,freezing of mouse,desktop graphics is degraded
Now I have advance problem while booting Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS, pointer of mouse is stuck and freeze at one point but the keys of keyboard is freezing and stuck at the middle of the screen and after some ...
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Mouse and keyboard freezes in lightdm [closed]
After last system update (week ago) I noticed that my mouse and keyboard freezes after boot-up, in the lightdm login screen for 1-2 minutes, so I can't move pointer or type my password.
Although, my ...
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“System program problem detected” with apport-gpu-error-intel.py
My Ubuntu 12.10 was working fine, until a week ago when a software update was installed.
Now, every two minutes, the computer hangs for a couple of seconds, and then an error message pops up saying ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 freezes way too often
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit desktop on a Lenovo E430 ( ThinkPad Edge ) laptop, with XFCE desktop. But it freezes very often. Usually when playing videos, browsing the web and viewing pictures ( or ...
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Software Center seems to freeze system when installing, syslog has “blocked for more than 120 seconds” errors
12.04 (precise) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.2.0-39
3.6GB memory
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU @ 2.40GHz x2
WUBI-installed Ubuntu running on a MacBook Pro 7.1 with OSX running Vista via Boot Camp (hey, I like lots of ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 + Intel GPU: random freezes
I have a ThinkPad T420 with Intel Graphics, and an external monitor through DisplayPort. I was running 12.10 with no problems, but 2 days ago, after an update, my system started to crash with no ...
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macbook pro 7,1 won't shut down without holding power button - 12.10
Using the 64 bit desktop version of Ubuntu 12.10, macbook pro 7,1 won't shutdown or reboot, it will only go to a blank screen and then hang there forever until the power button is held down for 3 ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 freezes after update
I am working with Ubuntu 12.04 for a while now, constantly upgrading and afterwards cleaning with Ubuntu-Tweak's Janitor. Everthing went fine until about two weeks ago: then my computer constantly ...
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Strange repetitive freezing
Recently cleaned my laptop and installed Ubuntu (12.10) as my only OS after having some serious issues with windows. Actually had to install and reinstall several times since I was still trying to get ...
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Unity Crash Very Often. Screen Freezed, fast way to recover?
My unity freeze very often: When I search something at Unity Lense, When I open a lense or the menu. It doesn't respond for a very long time. Is there a way to restart unity panel in a fast way?
I ...
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How to prevent system freeze on Wifi activation?
Without myself modifing any configuration setting, my system starts to completely freeze after I activate the wifi network via the network manager or at a sudo rfkill unblock all.
I would like to ...
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Mouse and touchpad freeze without power supply
I have a fresh installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my HP ProBook.
My external mouse and my touchpad freeze in battery mode. I can reinitialize them with Ctrl + Alt + 1 and back to 7. As long as I move the ...
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Wubi install Ubuntu key combinations not working
I have installed wubi it is frozen but the key combinations suggested (https://wiki.edubuntu.org/WubiGuide#How_to_reboot_cleanly_even_when_the_keyboard.2BAC8-mouse_are_frozen) won't work.
It has ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.02 freezes an ungodly number of times in a day. [duplicate]
I'm at wit's end. My computer freezes very, very frequently. I'm using 12.04 (32bit, though my computer supports 64 bit, but I had freezes with that too), I've had the same trouble on 12.10. I've ...
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Ubuntu freeze, google chrome closed unexpectedly and systems logout unexpectedly?
kernel image 3.2.0-38-generic-pae
Partition Table
\boot
Extended
swap
\root
\home
I have read the solution about system freezes; but the solution doesn't answer me why this happens. And I have to wait ...
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Why does my 'Caps Lock' diode blink when my system freezes?
I noticed a peculiar behavior of my Ubuntu 13.04 (although possibly it's also present in previous versions): when my system freezes completely (I do not ask for troubleshooting this) so that even X ...
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Problem with console appearing after Ubuntu starts
Sorry for grammar mistakes. Last day I installed Ubuntu (version 12.04). After updating ~230 mb I restarted my pc and then:
On the violet screen I cant see a logo of Ubuntu
On grey field there are ...
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ubuntu 12.04 freeze after changing graphic card
my ubuntu 12.04 freezes on start up after I changed graphic card. Previously I had Ati Radeon saphhier 6850 and everything was ok, then I removed it and put some old nvidia graphic, and even then it ...
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Can't install ubuntu (or any other distro) with graphic card on [duplicate]
I tried to install ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my PC, but before it even reach the main "ubuntu" loading screen, everything (kind of) just go pixelated with some odd-colored lines on the monitor. Waited like ...
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Screen lags on ubuntu 12.10 using NVIDIA driver
I really need help with that problem. For a while now, I have been experiencing some screen lags when doing random things. I mean that the lag occurs if I'm watching a video, text editing or simply ...
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Thunderbird hangs at startup [closed]
I am facing issues while running ThunderBird after system restart. TB is hanging while taking up 100% of memory, and CPU utilization is 100%. Which is why system does not
respond after sometime.
I ...
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Inexplicable Slowness
I've been running Ubuntu for about 4 years now, and I'm having a problem with 12.04
Every once in a while the computer will slow almost to a stop, interrupting any playing audio/video, and ...
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smplayer seek problems with any videos on kubuntu [closed]
I have ubuntu 12.04.02 with kde 4.10 with 3d effects. have a ATI msi R6870 video card fglrx proprietary drivers 13.1.
My problem is:
If I play any video with smplayer, while seeking, the picture ...
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Freeze while installing Server 12.10 from USB
I'm putting together a new computer and trying to install Ubuntu Server 12.10 from USB (no optical drive). I'm using the AMD 64 bit installer (MD5 checksum reported fine) and Pendrive to put it on my ...
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Frozen during install and music playing [duplicate]
I just installed Ubuntu onto my Laptop. It was successfully installing for a while, then it stopped. It said almost finished copying files, but it was stuck on the same spot for 10 minutes. Bored, i ...
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Aspire One 722 freezes on startup(and a lot of other problems)
This is driving me nuts. When my laptop feels like it(randomly), it just freezes when starting up. It gets stuck in this brown screen and I have to shut it down with the power button. It might do this ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 freezes randomly at Dell Inspiron 14z [duplicate]
I got the problem that my Ubuntu 12.04 system entirely freezes, including there will be no mouse or keyboard action, at random situations with the consequence that there is nothing I can do but a hard ...
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single user crippled by compiz crashing
After a recent upgrade from 12.04 or 12.10 one user account is unusable. We have four regular users on this system. The other three are fine.
Anything that user does after logging in triggers a ...
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Why Does my Chrome/Chromiuim Crash Frequently? [closed]
I keep getting the " He's Dead Jim" Error as multiple tabs crash at the same time.
If i reload the page after its crashed, the page reloads fine 70% of he time but it is compensated by another page ...
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12.04 freezing quite often in Gnome 3 [closed]
I know this might be too general, but it's starting to get on my nerves and I don't know what else to say.
I've run Memtest and everything came out alright.
The two most resource-heavy processes are ...
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USB Freeze on boot [duplicate]
Using Universal USB Installer 1.9.2.4 on Windows 7 with a Seagate USB 500 gig Harddrive. 120 gigs were partitioned off and formatted to FAT32 with the installer.
Basically I downloaded the program ...
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Ubuntu runnung painfully slow and hot on laptop
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 and my laptop gets really really high temperatures (havent measured yet but it is like if it was running a demanding game) and runs painfully slow after a couple of ...
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Ubuntu freezes before login screen [duplicate]
Recently I've had this issue where Ubuntu freezes before I can get to the login screen or even the boot animation. It started off with myself leaving the PC on overnight, steam downloading tf2. I come ...
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Why does unity freeze randomly? [duplicate]
I've been running Ubuntu 12.04 for a while now with no problems. Overall, the only kind of instability I've had is that the system will occasionally lock up completely under prolonged full cpu usage.
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