[PLUG] Xubuntu Laptop Locks Up

Bill Barry bill at billbarry.org
Fri Jan 6 17:18:42 UTC 2012


On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>   This is probably a hardware issue, but the system runs xubuntu-11.10 so I
> think it's on topic for this list.
>
>   We have a Toshiba Satellite laptop about 2-3 years old that is heavily used
> every day. Most used application is a Web browser (Seamonkey) accessing
> facebook and gmail. The system keeps locking up by becoming completely
> unresponsive for several minutes at a time. When switching to a different
> virtual desktop it takes a long time for the screen to display.
>
>   What might be causing this?

When the system locks up, switch to a terminal and kill all the
browser sessions. Does switching desktops becomes quicker?

If it does, get a browser more modern than Seamonkey such as Chrome,
Firefox, or Opera.

How much ram does this laptop have?

Bill



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