I'm too little of a linux hacker to be able to diagnose your problem. But here is first the short lshw (thank you for hinting about this copact printout). I also include a lsmod to show which drivers are running.
dag@tp:~$ sudo lshw -short H/W path Device Class Description ============================================================ system 4174P4G () /0 bus 4174P4G /0/1 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2620M CPU @ 2.70GHz /0/1/2 memory 64KiB L1 cache /0/1/3 memory 256KiB L2 cache /0/1/4 memory 4MiB L3 cache /0/5 memory 8GiB System Memory /0/5/0 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns) /0/5/1 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns) /0/f memory 128KiB BIOS /0/100 bridge 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller /0/100/2 display 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller /0/100/16 communication 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 /0/100/16.3 communication 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family KT Controller /0/100/19 eth0 network 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection /0/100/1a bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 /0/100/1b multimedia 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller /0/100/1c bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 /0/100/1c.1 bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 /0/100/1c.1/0 wlan0 network Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 /0/100/1c.3 bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 /0/100/1c.3/0 generic Ricoh Co Ltd /0/100/1c.4 bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 /0/100/1c.4/0 bus uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller /0/100/1d bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 /0/100/1f bridge QM67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller /0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller /0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 160GB INTEL SSDSA2BW16 /0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 131GiB EXT4 volume /0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 17GiB Extended partition /0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 8276MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition /0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2/6 /dev/sda6 volume 9537MiB Linux filesystem partition /0/100/1f.3 bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller /1 power 42T4845 /2 power 51J0508 /3 usb0 network Ethernet interface dag@tp:~$ sudo lsmod | sort ahci 26002 3 arc4 12529 2 binfmt_misc 17540 1 bluetooth 166112 23 bnep,rfcomm,btusb bnep 18436 2 btusb 18600 2 cdc_acm 22761 0 cdc_ncm 17399 0 cdc_wdm 17545 0 cfg80211 199587 2 iwlagn,mac80211 coretemp 13420 0 drm 236330 4 i915,drm_kms_helper drm_kms_helper 42558 1 i915 e1000e 160582 0 hid 95463 1 usbhid i2c_algo_bit 13423 1 i915 i915 566711 3 iptable_filter 12810 1 ip_tables 27473 1 iptable_filter iwlagn 314213 0 joydev 17693 0 libahci 26861 1 ahci lp 17799 0 mac80211 462092 1 iwlagn mei 41480 0 Module Size Used by nvram 14413 1 thinkpad_acpi parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp parport_pc 36962 0 pci_stub 12622 1 ppdev 17113 0 psmouse 73882 0 rfcomm 47946 8 sdhci 32166 1 sdhci_pci sdhci_pci 14032 0 serio_raw 13166 0 snd 68266 14 snd_hda_codec_conexant,thinkpad_acpi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device snd_hda_codec 104802 2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec_conexant 62197 1 snd_hda_intel 33390 2 snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm snd_pcm 96755 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec snd_rawmidi 30547 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd_seq_midi 13324 0 snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi snd_timer 29991 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq soundcore 12680 1 snd thinkpad_acpi 81819 0 thinkpad_ec 14449 1 tp_smapi tifm_core 15654 1 tifm_sd tifm_sd 17883 0 tpm_tis 18546 0 tp_smapi 28400 0 usbhid 47198 0 usbnet 26212 1 cdc_ncm uvcvideo 72711 0 v4l2_compat_ioctl32 17083 1 videodev vboxdrv 282739 3 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt vboxnetadp 13382 0 vboxnetflt 23441 0 vboxpci 23200 0 video 19412 1 i915 videodev 93004 1 uvcvideo wmi 19256 0 xhci_hcd 82772 0 x_tables 29846 3 xt_tcpudp,iptable_filter,ip_tables xt_tcpudp 12603 0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792849 Title: Lenovo ThinkPad T420 random hardlocks with Sandy Bridge graphics To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/792849/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs