A simple fix for random freezing problem in Ubuntu 8.04 beta April 5, 2008

onestly, when such a grand OS would freeze randomly out of the blue with no definite pattern whatsoever (sometimes I could work for two hours before it happened, and sometimes it was just a matter of minutes), it could drive you crazy.

At first I thought it was because I am using AMD Althlon XP-M 2600+, which can scale CPU frequency. Forums suggest disabling the powernowd daemon which supposedly does not implement the frequency scaling effectlively. It did not solve the problem.

However, I just unplugged my usb mouse and went for using my laptop’s synaptics touchpad instead. That was a lucky guess, and I’ve never had a single lock-up in days anymore.

Working on a laptop that wouldn’t freeze is a feast, so if your system hangs for no reason, it might be a good idea to give this fix a try.

Let me know if that worked for you!