[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1176062] Re: System usually crashes when starting Firefox and/or Thunderbird

2013-09-02 Thread Greg Supina
The bug showed up again today. The whole system has started to crash consistently whenever I try to start up Firefox or Thunderbird. Yet it worked well all day, for about eight hours steady. And I was using Firefox frequently during the day. I also used Thunderbird this morning. It is difficult to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1176062] Re: System usually crashes when starting Firefox and/or Thunderbird

2013-09-02 Thread Greg Supina
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1176062 Title: System usually crashes when starting Firefox and/or Thunde

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1176062] Re: System usually crashes when starting Firefox and/or Thunderbird

2013-09-01 Thread Greg Supina
Hi. Yesterday, I completely erased the entire system and reinstalled 13.04 from scratch, since the other reinstalation did not work well. Now the system configuration is: Gnome 3.6.3 Kernel 3.8.0-29-generic (#42-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 13 19:40:39 UTC 2013) GCC Version 4.7 (x86_64-linux-

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1176062] Re: System usually crashes when starting Firefox and/or Thunderbird

2013-08-31 Thread Greg Supina
Sorry, I can't do anything right now. My mouse does not work and my monitor refuses to run in its normal resolution. I have been working since this morning, trying to get this system to run. Now I'm trying to backup data and install 13.04 yet again. -- You received this bug notification because

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1176062] Re: System usually crashes when starting Firefox and/or Thunderbird

2013-08-31 Thread Greg Supina
I don't think I can get you the information you want, because I had to change the system. So that information likely would no longer exist. It all started when I tried the nvidia-173 driver. After rebooting, it just came up with a blank, black screen. So, to get the system running at all, I had to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1176062] Re: System usually crashes when starting Firefox and/or Thunderbird

2013-08-31 Thread Greg Supina
I changed from the nouveau to the nvidia drivers and, so far, it seems more stable. I have not been able to cause my system to crash yet. After more testing I will get back to you. The drivers I am using are called "nvidia-304, tested" and "nvidia-304-upgrades." I have not tried the other availabl

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1176062] Re: System usually crashes when starting Firefox and/or Thunderbird

2013-08-15 Thread Greg Supina
Hi. I tried to make sense of the documentation about doing a "bisect," but I simply cannot understand it. So I think I will just avoid doing a "bisect between Quantal and Raring, in order to identify the commit that caused this regression." Still, the system works well enough for now. And I have an

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1176062] Re: System usually crashes when starting Firefox and/or Thunderbird

2013-07-26 Thread Greg Supina
Hi. Sorry for the delay. Forgot about testing the 3.11 kernel. But I tested it today. Still crashing and requiring a cold boot. Tried loading Firefox from a link in Thunderbird, for example, and system crashed. Sysinfo says the kernel is now: 3.11.0-031100rc2-generic (#201307211535 SMP Sun Jul

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1176062] Re: System usually crashes when starting Firefox and/or Thunderbird

2013-07-22 Thread Greg Supina
Hi. The output from the terminal command you gave me is: 1801 06/08/2010 The old BIOS version was 0704 and its build date was 05/19/09. After updating the BIOS, I shut down the system and rebooted. Then I tried to run Thunderbird and the system crashed. After a cold boot, I tried to run Thu