I'm also experiencing this issue and eventually managed to locate compiz as the responsible package. Here my post where I described the issue in some detail: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=756906
Indeed being freezes terribly annoying this bug should be considered of HIGH importance and be addressed as soon as possible, at least before Hardy release. If we can contribute somehow please let us know! ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- compiz randomly freezes X https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176589 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