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   From: Alias    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Computer Freezing Up   
   Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:46:32 +0100   
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   SINNER wrote:   
   > * 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?   
      
   I like that.   
      
   > How about CTL+ALT+F2?   
      
   I didn't like that because I have no idea what to do with it.   
      
   I will try the first option the next time it freezes but it would be    
   nice to know how to stop it from freezing in the first place.   
      
   Alias   
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