"Ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently"

32bit; I had this for a while during testing but not with recent kernel versions (HP recycled workstation nvidia GT520 graphics), seeing similar on Debian Wheezy with same kernel numbers. I think we sometimes forget the OS is Gnu/Linux and the rest is packaging and customisation (nice though that is).

11.10 I had proper black screen kernel panics on the EeePC netbook, again only during testing.

I might run a live session on 64bit and see what happens.

Re: "Ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently"

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Post by keithpeter » Sun, May 27, 2012, 5:57 PM UTC

gouranga wrote: post #2

Did that for me as well. debian on the other hand works fine on the same hardware.

Different kernel version I suppose.

Re: "Ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently"

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Post by zmanji » Sun, May 27, 2012, 6:06 PM UTC

I can't tell if the problem was fixed by installing the vanilla kernel or reverting to an older Ubuntu kernel. Does anyone have ideas?

Re: "Ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently"

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Post by wissler » Sun, May 27, 2012, 6:09 PM UTC

I've also experienced locking problems in 12.04 that were very easy to recreate with a proprietary OpenGL-based program. We reverted back to 11.10 for now.

Re: "Ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently"

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Post by sgt » Sun, May 27, 2012, 6:15 PM UTC

wissler wrote: post #7

I've also experienced locking problems in 12.04 that were very easy to recreate with a proprietary OpenGL-based program. We reverted back to 11.10 for now.

Ubuntu releases are known to bring regression with them, that's just a fact.

Re: "Ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently"

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Post by insertnickname » Sun, May 27, 2012, 6:26 PM UTC

Good job on the LTS, Canonical.

I don't understand why they don't make the release cycle longer. Perhap 9 months or a year, or even just one additional month for QA. I first started using Ubuntu, and Linux, when 9.04 came out and it was great. Since then the quality has steadily declined. 9.10 was good too, but ever since 10.04 every release has sucked. They can't even do LTS releases right.

Sorry for ranting, but the Ubuntu team seems to fuck up time after time. Perhaps they should try focus on making their system stable, instead of adding more crap.

Re: "Ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently"

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, May 27, 2012, 6:29 PM UTC

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