random freeze
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The system locks up at random. It may not lock for a day after booting up the machine. It may lock up after a few minutes of booting up the machine. Sometimes the display just freezes, displaying whatever was last being displayed on the monitor. Sometimes the monitor displays a solid color when locking up. The machine does not respond to pings nor any of the key combinations involving sysrq. The only way to recover is a hard reset.
The machine is running Kubuntu 12.04.2 LTS Release: 12.04
The computer is a HP Pavilion p6-2003w Desktop PC.
The url giving its specs is below.
Motherboard AAHD2-HY (Holly)
Manufacturer: Pegatron
Form factor: uATX: 24.38 cm (9.6 inches) x 24.38 cm (9.6 inches)
Chipset: AMD Hudson-D2 FCH
Memory sockets: 2 x DDR3
Front side bus speeds: 100 MHz UMI (Unified Media Interface)
Processor socket: FM1
Expansion Slots:
PCI-Express Generation 2 speed
1 PCI Express x16
3 PCI Express x1
1 PCI Express Mini Card x1
Processor
AMD E2 3200 Processor
TDP: 65W
Operating speed: Up to 2.4 GHz
Number of cores: 2
Socket: FM1
Bus speed: 4.0 GT/s HT3
Memory
4 GB
Amount: 4 GB
Speed: PC3-10600 MB/sec
Type: DDR3-1333
The above is the memory it came with. I have since added another identical 4GB. This upgrade did not affect the random lockup problem.
Built in graphics
AMD E-Series Processors
E2-3200 HD 6370D 65W
This is the on board graphics. I have added an NVIDIA geforce 210 1024MB card. This upgrade did not affect the random lockup problem.
Sound/Audio
Integrated Realtek ALC 656 Audio
*Integrated audio is not available if a sound card is installed.
Built-in High Definition 5.1 channel audio
Audio codec: Realtek ALC 656
Networking
LAN: 1000-Base-T
Interface: PCI Express x1
Technology: Realtek RTL8111E gigabit ethernet controller
Data transfer speeds: up to 10/100/1000 Mb/s
Transmission standards: 1000-Base-T Ethernet
I added an additional RTL8111 PCIe nic. This also did not affect the locking up issue.
The machine came with windows7. I soon replaced it with XP. The random lockup bug didn't show itself until I replaced windows with Kubuntu. For a few weeks I tried Slackware 14.0 64bit and did not experience any problem with randome freezes during this time. When I reinstalled Kubuntu, the random lockup bug returned.
Thanks for your help.
Derek
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Mar 24 20:01:49 2013
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) |
I'm sorry I forgot to mention it, but I had the same problem with random locking up when I used the ATI graphics that came with the computer.