ed-ong, I tried that fix and I had a freeze in less than 1 minute! on a 16bit resolution might I add
so it's not working for me 686 kernel ati mobility radeon 7500 (m7) ibm thinkpad T40 in 32bit without those options, I don't get freezes often, but occasionally I get them (few times in a week when I use the laptop for a long time) -- system freeze after clicking task manager trash icon in "pan" newsreader https://launchpad.net/bugs/36596 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs