Freeze, Then FREEZE, then of corse freeze.

Specs - Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit

At random times my ubuntu will just FREEZE for no reason. I will be on pigen and scrowling down my budy list and FREEZE, I will be chaning music on rhythmbox and FREEZE. And so forth, it seems that this happins ever 2 hours or so. I am about to go back to vita because i dont want to have to right my language arts essay over for the 3th time.. PLEASE HELP!

which kernel are you running?

To check, run the terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and c/p this in there ``` uname -a

That will give all sorts of info (inc. the kernel number)

Linux eric-desktop 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:15:32 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

And its about every 30 minunites now...its getting worse

Try disabling compiz-fusion see if that helps. Turn desktop effects off if you have it enabled.

Actually, i havent heard many good things about the 2.6.27-9 kernel. If you allow proposed updates in the Sources, you'll be able to upgrade to 2.6.27-10 (the one i have at the moment). This *MIGHT* be the culprit.

to enable proposed packages do this System -> Administration -> Software Sources, enter you password in the gksu box Click the 'Updates' tab, and in the 'Ubuntu Updates' section, its the 3rd option: "Pre-Released Updates (intrepid proposed)." Im sure theres an easier terminal way to do it without typing in vim or gedit too (I think it uses sed and something else), but i dont know how to do it. this is the easiest way i can think of.

Then, run the update manager, and you'll get bombarded with an array of new, pre-released updates (including the new kernel). If you want install them all or just the kernel. When when you're dont, you can either disable the interpid-proposed again, or just keep them (this allows you to be a sort of 'beta tester')

Let us know what happens

I did what you said... the upgrade thing..

BUT when i did uname -a again it stil says 2.6.27-9-generic..

you may have installed the new kernel, but have you loaded into it? To do so, you must restart your computer. At the GRUB menu, you should see an extra 2 entries (one is regular boot, the other is recovery) with the new kernel number. Select the regular one with tne new kernel. If everything goes as should, you should boot into the new kernel and might not face freezes anymore.

If you dont see a GRUB list, hit Esc when you see "GRUB stage 1.5 loading"

I updated... But it seems that NOTHING has changed.... and it did to ask for a restart. is there a way that i can see that is it insatled and not wokring for some reson.. I did do alot of eding to the grub menue..Like chaning the normal names to like. ownage, and prownage.. Not shure if that matters

to see if you've installed it, search for 2.6.27-10 in synaptic and see if any of the modules with that kernel number are installed. if not, select "linux-image-2.6.27-10" for install (it will ask you to install all other necessary packages).

So, heres a question, when you restarted, and logged into the 2.6.27-10 kernel, then issued the "uname -a" command, it still gave you the -9 kernel?

Can you post your /boot/grub/menu.lst?

YEs it still gave me, i reinsatled linux-image-2.6.27-10 and even after reinsaling and rebooting nothing happins

Linux eric-desktop 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:15:32 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)

grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),

grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub

and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

default num

Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and

the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.

#

You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry

is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.

WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your

array will desync and will not let you boot your system.

default 0

timeout sec

Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry

(normally the first entry defined).

timeout 10

hiddenmenu

Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)

#hiddenmenu

Pretty colours

#color cyan/blue white/blue

password ['--md5'] passwd

If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing

control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the

command 'lock'

e.g. password topsecret

password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/

password topsecret

#

examples

#

title Windows 95/98/NT/2000

root (hd0,0)

makeactive

chainloader +1

#

title Linux

root (hd0,1)

kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro

#

#

Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified

by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## Start Default Options ##

default kernel options

default kernel options for automagic boot options

If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z

where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.

e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro

kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro

kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro

kopt=root=UUID=ecbf58ce-e26c-4dc3-8b2c-1ad0857f74f7 ro

default grub root device

e.g. groot=(hd0,0)

groot=ecbf58ce-e26c-4dc3-8b2c-1ad0857f74f7

should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options

e.g. alternative=true

alternative=false

alternative=true

should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options

e.g. lockalternative=true

lockalternative=false

lockalternative=false

additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the

alternatives

e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5

defoptions=quiet splash

should update-grub lock old automagic boot options

e.g. lockold=false

lockold=true

lockold=false

Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option

xenhopt=

Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option

xenkopt=console=tty0

altoption boot targets option

multiple altoptions lines are allowed

e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options

altoptions=(recovery) single

altoptions=(recovery mode) single

controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst

only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the

alternative kernel options

e.g. howmany=all

howmany=7

howmany=all

should update-grub create memtest86 boot option

e.g. memtest86=true

memtest86=false

memtest86=true

should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system

can be true or false

updatedefaultentry=false

should update-grub add savedefault to the default options

can be true or false

savedefault=false

## End Default Options ##

title Ownage uuid ecbf58ce-e26c-4dc3-8b2c-1ad0857f74f7 kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=ecbf58ce-e26c-4dc3-8b2c-1ad0857f74f7 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic quiet

title Phail ownage uuid ecbf58ce-e26c-4dc3-8b2c-1ad0857f74f7 kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=ecbf58ce-e26c-4dc3-8b2c-1ad0857f74f7 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic

title R.A.M?? uuid ecbf58ce-e26c-4dc3-8b2c-1ad0857f74f7 kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin quiet

END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS

on /dev/sda1

title noob... root (hd0,0) savedefault makeactive chainloader +1

ok, hang on im not understanding you. You reinstalled the linux-image-2.6.27-10 with the rest (linux-headers), but it didnt update your /boot/grub/menu.lst. Or did it just completely fail? If you have the new kernel installed (you can also check if you have this file: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-10-generic) then just make a new entry in yoru grub/menu.lst, copy everything of your old kernel entry, and just replace the "2.6.27-9" with "2.6.27-10"

Otherwise, i have a feeling you may have some issues with your install altogether. That first update i told you to do should have taken care of everything. Im not sure why it didnt.

Here is my DIR of /boot

eric@eric-desktop:~$ dir /boot abi-2.6.27-10-generic memtest86+.bin abi-2.6.27-7-generic System.map-2.6.27-10-generic abi-2.6.27-9-generic System.map-2.6.27-7-generic config-2.6.27-10-generic System.map-2.6.27-9-generic config-2.6.27-7-generic vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-10-generic config-2.6.27-9-generic vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-7-generic grub vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-9-generic initrd.img-2.6.27-10-generic vmlinuz-2.6.27-10-generic initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic eric@eric-desktop:~$

I fixed it by just chaning the 9 to a 10.. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP

SHould i delte some of the files listed above??

[COLOR=Red][B]NO! [/B][/COLOR]The best way to get rid of some those is to use synaptic. You have to "remove" the options in synaptic. Or you can check this out: http://sandakith.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/remove-the-old-kernel-from-ubuntu/

Basically, type ``` sudo apt-get remove --purge 2.6.27-9-*

Its recomended you keep at least one old kernel (in your case the one that worked: 2.6.27-7). So removing the -9 would be your best viable option.

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