[Desktop-packages] [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2013-03-15 Thread Bertilo
I just had major data loss due to the computer freezing up because of this bug. A whole git repository was hopelessly damaged. It contains major work data. I don't know what I can restore since the last backup. Maybe some of it. I want to extend my thanks to the developers that marked this bug as

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2013-01-18 Thread Bertilo
A complicating factor with this bug is how random it is. Sometimes you get several freezes a day, and sometimes it can be weeks between the freezes. Totally random. I think many of the reports that the bug has gone away are just cases of the bug not showing itself for several days or even weeks, al

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 993187] Re: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently.

2013-01-03 Thread Bertilo
"try the current mainline kernel" No. Didn't help. My situation is exactly the one described in #625. I'm on Linuxmint 14 KDE, with the mainline Kernel 3.8.0-999. I've had two freezes in the last two days, the last one two minutes ago. I've tried everything that's ever been suggested. Nothing help