Still happens for me with latest updates, running 9.04 (64 bit) on an Intel i5 750 + Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3 system (lspci output below). Very random, sometimes it occurs three times during an evening, then a week can pass without nothing (that I notice anyway). The freezes last a couple of minutes and it feels like all apps waiting for disk I/O hang, or something. Mouse works, I can open new terminals but never get the shell prompt (until the hang ceases). Not seeing anything suspicious in dmesg.
I did not experience this on my old computer (AMD 3800 X2, Asus M2NPV-VM mobo) running 9.04 (32 bit). Another difference is that I use ext4 now (ext3 before) but I guess hw/driver issue is likelier. Looks like we all here are running Intel 82801 chips? 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Clarksfield/Lynnfield DMI (rev 11) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Clarksfield/Lynnfield PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 11) 00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Clarksfield/Lynnfield System Management Registers (rev 11) 00:08.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Clarksfield/Lynnfield Semaphore and Scratchpad Registers (rev 11) 00:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Clarksfield/Lynnfield System Control and Status Registers (rev 11) 00:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Clarksfield/Lynnfield Miscellaneous Registers (rev 11) 00:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation QPI Link (rev 11) 00:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation QPI Routing and Protocol Registers (rev 11) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB Universal Host Controller (rev 05) 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB Universal Host Controller (rev 05) 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB Universal Host Controller (rev 05) 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak High Definition Audio (rev 05) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB Universal Host Controller (rev 05) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB Universal Host Controller (rev 05) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB Universal Host Controller (rev 05) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB Universal Host Controller (rev 05) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a5) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak LPC Interface Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak SMBus Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT200 [GTX260-216] (rev a1) 02:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02) 02:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03) -- Annoying freeze of some apps (gnome-terminal, xchat, audacious..) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/376168 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs