I strongly suspect the proprietary Nvidia driver. I have installed the nouveau driver and the problem has gone away.
Vik :v) -- konsole locks up, Ctrl-Alt-F1 fails, apps will not launch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/473613 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