Ubuntu randomly freezes
This has been an issue I have experienced since Ubuntu 14.04. I have attempted a number of fixes (lost track as I've literally tried 20+) all to no avail. It's completely random when it happens and I can't exactly place what is triggering it. I could simply be surfing the web in Chrome or Firefox, or I could be doing an Android build and it will freeze.
Each time it happens, I have no keyboard or mouse functionality so I can't try to kill processes.
I have seen this on a few different hardware configurations, but they each have AMD processors and chipsets in common.
Machines were all stock voltages and speeds. No over clocking involved.
First machine specs:
AMD Phenom II x6 1090t 3.2GHz
Gigabyte GA-870-UD3 motherboard (AMD 870 chipset)
16GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz
Samsung 840 Pro Series 250GB SSD
Nvidia GT240 1GB PCI-e
Second machine specs:
AMD FX 8320 3.5GHz
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 motherboard (AMD 970 chipset)
16GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz
Samsung 840 Pro Series 250GB SSD
AMD 7770 1GB PCI-e (also had Nvidia GTX 660 2GB in this configuration)
Now these specs do share some common parts. However, when I was using Ubuntu 17.10 it happened, but using Ubuntu Gnome 17.10 these freezes absolutely do not happen. I believe it to be something with Unity, but I'm at a loss as to where to start trying to track down causes.
Any help would be appreciated.
unity crash lockup
asked Dec 24 '18 at 5:54
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This has been an issue I have experienced since Ubuntu 14.04. I have attempted a number of fixes (lost track as I've literally tried 20+) all to no avail. It's completely random when it happens and I can't exactly place what is triggering it. I could simply be surfing the web in Chrome or Firefox, or I could be doing an Android build and it will freeze.
Each time it happens, I have no keyboard or mouse functionality so I can't try to kill processes.
I have seen this on a few different hardware configurations, but they each have AMD processors and chipsets in common.
Machines were all stock voltages and speeds. No over clocking involved.
First machine specs:
AMD Phenom II x6 1090t 3.2GHz
Gigabyte GA-870-UD3 motherboard (AMD 870 chipset)
16GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz
Samsung 840 Pro Series 250GB SSD
Nvidia GT240 1GB PCI-e
Second machine specs:
AMD FX 8320 3.5GHz
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 motherboard (AMD 970 chipset)
16GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz
Samsung 840 Pro Series 250GB SSD
AMD 7770 1GB PCI-e (also had Nvidia GTX 660 2GB in this configuration)
Now these specs do share some common parts. However, when I was using Ubuntu 17.10 it happened, but using Ubuntu Gnome 17.10 these freezes absolutely do not happen. I believe it to be something with Unity, but I'm at a loss as to where to start trying to track down causes.
Any help would be appreciated.
unity crash lockup
asked Dec 24 '18 at 5:54
user2253120user2253120
61
This is with 14.04, 14.10, 16.04, 16.10, 17.04, 17.10, 18.04, and 18.10 and these freezes are only with Unity installed.
– user2253120
Dec 24 '18 at 5:55
This sounds like you need a new flashplayer, certain Firefox flashplayer will eat up a lot of resources, some will even keep Firefox open once Firefox is closed, I'm pretty sure that's your issue, unless you got a lot of add-ons, and toolbars mixed with heavy Web page scripts
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 6:32
Type in about:about I think it's called about:plugins but I'm not 100% to which one you have, then I'd research it. We all know adobe is the best, but it's extremely limited on Linux...
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 6:33
I'll look into that but I'm pretty positive that's not going to cause a lock up that requires a hard shutdown
– user2253120
Dec 24 '18 at 13:19
Firefox running at 100% eating up resources don't leave room for anything else to run on the system, then you have ever thing waiting, but some flash players are just trash... I had it happen where I had to do a hard shut down for a week until I found it
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 13:22
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This has been an issue I have experienced since Ubuntu 14.04. I have attempted a number of fixes (lost track as I've literally tried 20+) all to no avail. It's completely random when it happens and I can't exactly place what is triggering it. I could simply be surfing the web in Chrome or Firefox, or I could be doing an Android build and it will freeze.
Each time it happens, I have no keyboard or mouse functionality so I can't try to kill processes.
I have seen this on a few different hardware configurations, but they each have AMD processors and chipsets in common.
Machines were all stock voltages and speeds. No over clocking involved.
First machine specs:
AMD Phenom II x6 1090t 3.2GHz
Gigabyte GA-870-UD3 motherboard (AMD 870 chipset)
16GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz
Samsung 840 Pro Series 250GB SSD
Nvidia GT240 1GB PCI-e
Second machine specs:
AMD FX 8320 3.5GHz
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 motherboard (AMD 970 chipset)
16GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz
Samsung 840 Pro Series 250GB SSD
AMD 7770 1GB PCI-e (also had Nvidia GTX 660 2GB in this configuration)
Now these specs do share some common parts. However, when I was using Ubuntu 17.10 it happened, but using Ubuntu Gnome 17.10 these freezes absolutely do not happen. I believe it to be something with Unity, but I'm at a loss as to where to start trying to track down causes.
Any help would be appreciated.
unity crash lockup
asked Dec 24 '18 at 5:54
user2253120user2253120
61
This has been an issue I have experienced since Ubuntu 14.04. I have attempted a number of fixes (lost track as I've literally tried 20+) all to no avail. It's completely random when it happens and I can't exactly place what is triggering it. I could simply be surfing the web in Chrome or Firefox, or I could be doing an Android build and it will freeze.
Each time it happens, I have no keyboard or mouse functionality so I can't try to kill processes.
I have seen this on a few different hardware configurations, but they each have AMD processors and chipsets in common.
Machines were all stock voltages and speeds. No over clocking involved.
First machine specs:
AMD Phenom II x6 1090t 3.2GHz
Gigabyte GA-870-UD3 motherboard (AMD 870 chipset)
16GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz
Samsung 840 Pro Series 250GB SSD
Nvidia GT240 1GB PCI-e
Second machine specs:
AMD FX 8320 3.5GHz
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 motherboard (AMD 970 chipset)
16GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600MHz
Samsung 840 Pro Series 250GB SSD
AMD 7770 1GB PCI-e (also had Nvidia GTX 660 2GB in this configuration)
Now these specs do share some common parts. However, when I was using Ubuntu 17.10 it happened, but using Ubuntu Gnome 17.10 these freezes absolutely do not happen. I believe it to be something with Unity, but I'm at a loss as to where to start trying to track down causes.
Any help would be appreciated.
unity crash lockup
unity crash lockup
asked Dec 24 '18 at 5:54
user2253120user2253120
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asked Dec 24 '18 at 5:54
user2253120user2253120
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asked Dec 24 '18 at 5:54
user2253120user2253120
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asked Dec 24 '18 at 5:54
user2253120user2253120
61
asked Dec 24 '18 at 5:54
user2253120user2253120
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This is with 14.04, 14.10, 16.04, 16.10, 17.04, 17.10, 18.04, and 18.10 and these freezes are only with Unity installed.
– user2253120
Dec 24 '18 at 5:55
This sounds like you need a new flashplayer, certain Firefox flashplayer will eat up a lot of resources, some will even keep Firefox open once Firefox is closed, I'm pretty sure that's your issue, unless you got a lot of add-ons, and toolbars mixed with heavy Web page scripts
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 6:32
Type in about:about I think it's called about:plugins but I'm not 100% to which one you have, then I'd research it. We all know adobe is the best, but it's extremely limited on Linux...
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 6:33
I'll look into that but I'm pretty positive that's not going to cause a lock up that requires a hard shutdown
– user2253120
Dec 24 '18 at 13:19
Firefox running at 100% eating up resources don't leave room for anything else to run on the system, then you have ever thing waiting, but some flash players are just trash... I had it happen where I had to do a hard shut down for a week until I found it
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 13:22
|
show 5 more comments
This is with 14.04, 14.10, 16.04, 16.10, 17.04, 17.10, 18.04, and 18.10 and these freezes are only with Unity installed.
– user2253120
Dec 24 '18 at 5:55
This sounds like you need a new flashplayer, certain Firefox flashplayer will eat up a lot of resources, some will even keep Firefox open once Firefox is closed, I'm pretty sure that's your issue, unless you got a lot of add-ons, and toolbars mixed with heavy Web page scripts
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 6:32
Type in about:about I think it's called about:plugins but I'm not 100% to which one you have, then I'd research it. We all know adobe is the best, but it's extremely limited on Linux...
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 6:33
I'll look into that but I'm pretty positive that's not going to cause a lock up that requires a hard shutdown
– user2253120
Dec 24 '18 at 13:19
Firefox running at 100% eating up resources don't leave room for anything else to run on the system, then you have ever thing waiting, but some flash players are just trash... I had it happen where I had to do a hard shut down for a week until I found it
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 13:22
This is with 14.04, 14.10, 16.04, 16.10, 17.04, 17.10, 18.04, and 18.10 and these freezes are only with Unity installed.
– user2253120
Dec 24 '18 at 5:55
This is with 14.04, 14.10, 16.04, 16.10, 17.04, 17.10, 18.04, and 18.10 and these freezes are only with Unity installed.
– user2253120
Dec 24 '18 at 5:55
This sounds like you need a new flashplayer, certain Firefox flashplayer will eat up a lot of resources, some will even keep Firefox open once Firefox is closed, I'm pretty sure that's your issue, unless you got a lot of add-ons, and toolbars mixed with heavy Web page scripts
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 6:32
This sounds like you need a new flashplayer, certain Firefox flashplayer will eat up a lot of resources, some will even keep Firefox open once Firefox is closed, I'm pretty sure that's your issue, unless you got a lot of add-ons, and toolbars mixed with heavy Web page scripts
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 6:32
Type in about:about I think it's called about:plugins but I'm not 100% to which one you have, then I'd research it. We all know adobe is the best, but it's extremely limited on Linux...
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 6:33
Type in about:about I think it's called about:plugins but I'm not 100% to which one you have, then I'd research it. We all know adobe is the best, but it's extremely limited on Linux...
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 6:33
I'll look into that but I'm pretty positive that's not going to cause a lock up that requires a hard shutdown
– user2253120
Dec 24 '18 at 13:19
I'll look into that but I'm pretty positive that's not going to cause a lock up that requires a hard shutdown
– user2253120
Dec 24 '18 at 13:19
Firefox running at 100% eating up resources don't leave room for anything else to run on the system, then you have ever thing waiting, but some flash players are just trash... I had it happen where I had to do a hard shut down for a week until I found it
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 13:22
Firefox running at 100% eating up resources don't leave room for anything else to run on the system, then you have ever thing waiting, but some flash players are just trash... I had it happen where I had to do a hard shut down for a week until I found it
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 13:22
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This is with 14.04, 14.10, 16.04, 16.10, 17.04, 17.10, 18.04, and 18.10 and these freezes are only with Unity installed.
– user2253120
Dec 24 '18 at 5:55
This sounds like you need a new flashplayer, certain Firefox flashplayer will eat up a lot of resources, some will even keep Firefox open once Firefox is closed, I'm pretty sure that's your issue, unless you got a lot of add-ons, and toolbars mixed with heavy Web page scripts
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 6:32
Type in about:about I think it's called about:plugins but I'm not 100% to which one you have, then I'd research it. We all know adobe is the best, but it's extremely limited on Linux...
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 6:33
I'll look into that but I'm pretty positive that's not going to cause a lock up that requires a hard shutdown
– user2253120
Dec 24 '18 at 13:19
Firefox running at 100% eating up resources don't leave room for anything else to run on the system, then you have ever thing waiting, but some flash players are just trash... I had it happen where I had to do a hard shut down for a week until I found it
– hello moto
Dec 24 '18 at 13:22