New 8.04, same problem

[Dustin Breese]

I didn't see your other posts, but do you by chance have an nvidia
card?  I had same issues until I enabled the restricted drivers and
rebooted (System->Admin->Hardware Drivers).  Have to do this again
sometimes if some new kernel updates are installed.

However, I had this issue since version 6.04 (when I switched from ATI->nVidia.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:39 PM, elmo <elmo at ne.rr.com> wrote:
> I had previously posted "8.04 still locks up" and receive a massive
> amount of reponses. I must apologize for not responding to all the mail
> that poured in.
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> I couldn't keep up so I decided that rather that trying to fix the
> problem, it would be simpler to just start afresh with a new
> installation so I cleaned out and reformatted the partition, then
> downloaded a new ISO from what I'm sure is a reliable source (MIT) and
> burned a fresh installation disk,  Everything went by the book,ISO
> download, IMAGE CD, installation, etc.
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> Bootup from the disk went perfectly so I ran a few tests and decided OK
> now I'll try the installed system.  The first thing I tried was to
> change the screen background.....one cursor movement......TOTAL
> LOCKUP!!!!....keyboard dead, mouse action dead,
> So, I pressed the computer power button to shut off the computer, then
> rebooted and tried again to change the screen background.....success!!!
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> The computer ran perfectly for several operations, then about 5 minutes
> later, a mouse movement and it locked  TOTAL lockup, no keyboard action,
> no mouse action, just a frozen screen display with a cemented cursor.
> Again,lockup is inconsistent and not repeatable.
>
> OK, so now it's back to 7.10 (CD & DVD) which work perfectly both from
> an internal HD and an external HD, So does Debian.
>
> When will 8.10 be available.?
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