Comment 13 for bug 276476

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kenjo (ken-kenjo) wrote : Re: [Bug 276476] Re: INFO: task blocked for more than 120 seconds causes system freeze

On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 10:38 +0000, Martin Lindhe wrote:
> I am also hit by this bug on my work PC (amd64 and fully updated Ubuntu
> 8.10).
>
> The issue usually shows up every work day. Gnome fully freeze up, even mouse cursor cant move.
> If you leave the computer alone for a couple of minutes it resumes to working state.
> Often the freeze happens in combination with other network or disk-heavy tasks being run, but I have not figured any way to clearly reproduce it.
>
> I have 2 laptops and 1 home pc that also runs 64-bit ubuntu 8.10 and
> none of those computers show this issue. I believe it is some hardware
> combination & kernel issue.
>

Are you also running a background process??

I have changed to 2.6.28 and its much much better but still have had a
few short freezes