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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, mine just did... must be alergic to emails about freezes.... Been
good as gold for 2 days.

Phill.


On 17 September 2013 22:16, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 09/11/2013 01:44 PM, Lars Noodén wrote:
> > On 9/3/13 10:31 PM, Lars Noodén wrote:
> >> On 9/2/13 5:40 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> >>> Hi Lars,
> >>>
> >>> I've had a chat with kernel team.... please try
> >>>
> >>> http://forum.pinguyos.com/Thread-REISUB-Safe-Reboot
> >>>
> >>> Do let me know the result.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Phill.
> >>
> >> Thanks.  That trick is new to me.
> >>
> >> I've tried the alt-sysrq-reisub reboot now after a lock-up.  The machine
> >> does the first half of a reboot, but when it comes time to start up the
> >> OS or even get to Grub, nothing happens even after waiting a long while.
> >>  The key sequence seems to have no effect if I try it a second time.  To
> >> get the machine to really restart it is necessary to powercycle it.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> /Lars
> >>
> >> PS. I'm moving this from lubuntu-users over to lubuntu-qa.  Crash with
> >> potential data loss is red bug material.
> >
> > The last update contained a new kernel, but the freeze still occurs.
> >
> > $ uname -a
> > Linux lubuntu 3.11.0-6-generic #12-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 9 15:56:19 UTC
> > 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >
> > It can happen as seldom as once or twice a day but always entails losing
> > whatever I have worked on since last save (which usually isn't much).
> > Also in Lubuntu (LXDE) that also means losing window positions and
> > content.  As far as I can tell it happens any time but has happened
> > about 4 times when installing an app from the repository and 3 times
> > when shutting down for the day.  alt-sysrq-reisub has the effect
> > described above.
> >
> > Regards,
> > /Lars
>
> Today's kernel just froze:
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux lubuntu 3.11.0-7-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 16 18:37:27 UTC
> 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> I still can't get it to freeze on demand but it seems to happen more
> often when plugging in a USB device or shutting down the system.  Though
> it still happens when not doing anything special, including sometimes
> while idling.
>
> Regards,
> /Lars
>
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