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What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?

At least once a day I lose work on my (2 different) Intel i5 machines running Ubuntu 12.04. The entire system will freeze/lock-up/hang, and never return. At this point nothing works; even the caps lock key doesn't toggle the light on the keyboard; Ctrl-Alt-F1 won't do anything either.

askubuntu.com is apparently where I'm directed for support.

I suspect this is a kernel bug. But I simply can't keep losing work like this, so I'm anxious to try whatever it takes to get the thing reliably working.

Can you suggest

  1. something I can try to fix the problem
  2. an existing bug I can follow progress on and contribute to (from users/tester's POV)
  3. the most constructive way I can contribute to helping fix the problem, keeping in mind that I do need the computer (so can't do things that might "brick" it!)
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artfulrobot
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Just wait, keep apt-get dist-upgradeing and hope things get better.

At least that's the only option I found available. And hey, they did get better. Still using 12.04 and now very rare to have a full freeze after a successful boot.

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I had similar issues using 64bit 12.04.1... including mouse problems. I reinstalled and am slowly reloading applications to ID the issue. Ubuntu Forums discussions point to the use of Chrome or Chromium (in my case). After reinstalling, I am using only Firefox for the past 4 days and have not seen a lockup. Still reintroducing applications, but so far, I've avoided Chromium and the freezes are gone.

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