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   From: SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid>   
   Subject: Re: Computer Freezing Up   
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   Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:29:57 GMT   
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   * Alias wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   > General Schvantzkoph wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:51:42 +0100, Alias wrote:   
      
   >>> Sometimes, but not all the time, when I go to shutdown or reboot and   
   >>> click on one of those options, the window disappears and the computer   
   >>> freezes up. The mouse will move but can't do anything. Same for the   
   >>> keyboard. If I force it to shut down and then reboot, all is well again.   
      
   >>> Any suggestions?   
      
   >>> Thanks,   
      
   >>> Alias   
      
   >> Sounds like a problem with X. What kind of graphics card do you have?    
   >> Which driver are you using?   
      
   > What is X?   
      
   X is short for Xserver, the graphical display server in *nix   
   distributions. If it is not working or installed you can wind up at a   
   console type login: prompt or see nothing at all.   
      
   > I am using an ATI Radeon 9200 PRO 128MB card and using    
   > whatever drivers Ubuntu 6.06 has. I did not install any myself.   
      
   I undesratand that ATI drivers can be problematic but I dont use ATI so   
   I cant speak from experience, only from what I see posted.   
      
   If you hit CTL + ALT + Backspace at the blank screen so you see a   
   change? How about CTL+ALT+F2?   
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