System Hangs in Linux

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When using a fullscreen exported linux game, the game froze. The rest of the os was working - i was still getting message popups from pidgin - but my keyboard was locked and i could not escape the frozen game.

Had to hold in the power button to turn off the machine.

Windows exe of the game works fine.

Ubuntu 10.10 (latest release).

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The linux kernel could possibly be currupt. Try using these terminal commands

first, fix any dpkg errors.

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sudo dpkg --configure -a


Then do:

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sudo apt-get update


Then go to the update manager make sure everything is fixed. Then try this:
http://ubuntu-tweak.com/

Now, try and fix your kernel. You will most likely have to write this down and do it without xserver running. To stop xserver, do this

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sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop


And same thing but replace "stop" with start after your done. After you type the code to stop the X server, press CTRL - ALT - and F1 to go to the first main terminal. Then do everything to fix the kernel as possible. I found only 1 website that could be of help with that.


Try an attempt within Xserver (In other words the graphical interface)
Go to System > Administration > Synaptics Package Manager
Then type "backports" on the quick search box. Click on the checkbox next to linux-backports-modules-intrepid and choose "Mark for installation".
Then press "Apply" on the toolbar.

solipsist -----
Siruso,

You can also try to upgrade your Kernel.
The default kernel installed on Ubuntu 9.04 is the 2.6.28-11 version
The solution was to install the latest version of Kernel released for 9.04 but it seems it is not yet available on the repositories (Version 2.6.29-3)

Download these packages thru the terminal:-

# wget -c http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa...62903_i386.deb

# wget -c http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa...062903_all.deb

# wget -c http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa...62903_i386.deb

Then install the downloaded packages using dpkg:

# sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.29-02062903-generic_2.6.29-02062903_i386.deb linux-headers-2.6.29-02062903_2.6.29-02062903_all.deb linux-image-2.6.29-02062903-generic_2.6.29-02062903_i386.deb

After installation restart the system by choosing new kernel.
Hope this works.

Hope this helps D :3