Re: Linux: nearly 6 months on, still no end in sight to the Ubuntu Gutsy freezing

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Moshe Goldfarb

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:13:54 -0400, DFS wrote:

> #1, Oct 23, 2007: (warning: illiterate freetard ramble follows) "hi i just
> installed gutsy amd64, i have nvidia graphics and i turned off desktop
> effects incase that was causing the crashes. The machine will lock up after
> randomly. you can use it for an hour then it will freeze or for 5 mins if
> that and it will. Desktop effects on or off makes no difference and it
> crashes whatever. And it's a real crash like can't move mouse or exit to
> prompt etc."
>
> #637, April 12, 2008: "Seems like this very thread has been active for
> months now, and still no easy fix seams to be available..."
>
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=587905&highlight=freezes&page=64
>
>
> This irritating slopware issue has gone on and on and on for nearly 6
> months.
>
> Linux idiots and liars - not just on cola but all over the 'Net - brag about
> "many eyes" and quick bugfixes and "Linux just works" and "I have the code".
> So where's the Gutsy fix after 6 months?
>
> (Note the intentional cross-post. Maybe some geeks with a spine in the
> Ubuntu group will have the balls to answer - cola is full of head-in-sand
> weenies who can't back up their claims.)


An example of Linux at it's finest!

Why do people torture themselves like this?

--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
 
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Rick

Re: Linux: nearly 6 months on, still no end in sight to the UbuntuGutsy freezing

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:20:17 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:13:54 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>> #1, Oct 23, 2007: (warning: illiterate freetard ramble follows) "hi i
>> just installed gutsy amd64, i have nvidia graphics and i turned off
>> desktop effects incase that was causing the crashes. The machine will
>> lock up after randomly. you can use it for an hour then it will freeze
>> or for 5 mins if that and it will. Desktop effects on or off makes no
>> difference and it crashes whatever. And it's a real crash like can't
>> move mouse or exit to prompt etc."
>>
>> #637, April 12, 2008: "Seems like this very thread has been active for
>> months now, and still no easy fix seams to be available..."
>>
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?

t=587905&highlight=freezes&page=64
>>
>>
>> This irritating slopware issue has gone on and on and on for nearly 6
>> months.
>>
>> Linux idiots and liars - not just on cola but all over the 'Net - brag
>> about "many eyes" and quick bugfixes and "Linux just works" and "I have
>> the code". So where's the Gutsy fix after 6 months?
>>
>> (Note the intentional cross-post. Maybe some geeks with a spine in the
>> Ubuntu group will have the balls to answer - cola is full of
>> head-in-sand weenies who can't back up their claims.)

>
> An example of Linux at it's finest!
>
> Why do people torture themselves like this?


Who knows? Why do you torture yourself? Why do your Linux using family
members torture themselves?

--
Rick
 
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Tattoo Vampire

Rick wrote:

> Who knows? Why do you torture yourself? Why do your Linux using family
> members torture themselves?


Mooch is a liar. What's worse is he can't even keep his stories straight.
--
Regards,
[tv]

....Lotus 6-6-6: Spreadsheet of the Beast

Owner/Proprietor, Cheesus Crust Pizza Company
Good to the last supper
 
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Kelsey Bjarnason

Re: Linux: nearly 6 months on, still no end in sight to the UbuntuGutsy freezing

[snips]

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:17:33 -0500, Rick wrote:

>> An example of Linux at it's finest!
>>
>> Why do people torture themselves like this?

>
> Who knows? Why do you torture yourself? Why do your Linux using family
> members torture themselves?


lsb_release:
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 7.10
Release: 7.10
Codename: gutsy

Kernel type: Generic, x86_64, SMP

Video: nVidia driver

uptime:
01:19:51 up 9 days, 10:21

Average system load: 100% (two BOINC instances crunching for
worldcommunitygrid)

Also running, at the moment:

vlc, rendering video at 1600x1200
Pan
Firefox
Skype
Pigeon
Apache
MySQL
Postgres
KMail
Synaptic
leafnode
Assorted other odds and ends (usual goodies with Linux, GNU, X and KDE)
ssh, tunnelling http, nntp and file shares

Responsiveness: excellent
Stability: well, up nine days since last reboot, cant' be _that_ bad. :)
 
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