Public bug reported: MOST of the time the problem has been Nvidia driver related. The following options should be ENABLED by default:
1. Mouse and Touchpad - Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed. 2. Keyboard Layout Options - Key sequence to kill the X server - Control + Alt + Backspace WHEN, not if, the system hangs due to Nvidia driver problems, the following sequence will usually allow a user to restart X-windows and continue without the need for a power cycle: 1. Control + Alt + Backspace 2. Tap the Control key to highlight the location of the pointer 3. Repeat steps one a two a few times until X-windows restarts. IDEAL but very FUTURISTIC solution. Modify Nvidia drivers so that they work correctly. ** Affects: file-roller (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to file-roller in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1087494 Title: System HANGS until power is cycled causing a subsequent fsck to throw errors To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/1087494/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs