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Cursor Freezes on UBUNTU 9.10

Asked by Baihaki

Sorry, I'm very new to Linux.
Ubuntu 9.10 loads up OK, shows the desktop and I can move the cursor around the screen OK until I select anything, then everything freezes.
I tried to use one suggestion from your database, which involves adding "nohz=off" at the end of a menu line in GRUB, but unfortunately the GNU GRUB version I have is 1.97 beta4, so I'm not sure where to put it.
My computer is an HP Compaq with an Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 @1.60GHz with 4 GB of RAM.
Assistance would be very much appreciated.

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Chris Johnston (cjohnston) said : 		#1

How do you unfreeze it?

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Baihaki (clivewalter) said : 		#2

Thanks for your response. The simple answer is that I cannot. Ctrl-alt-del does not work as the keyboard is also frozen, so the only way of doing it is to switch off at the mains.

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Chris Johnston (cjohnston) said : 		#3

You aren't running Lucid? It sounds like the Plymouth bug.

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On Feb 21, 2010, at 12:23, Baihaki
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> Question #101854 on Ubuntu changed:
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> Thanks for your response. The simple answer is that I cannot. Ctrl-
> alt-
> del does not work as the keyboard is also frozen, so the only way of
> doing it is to switch off at the mains.
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Arvind (arvindp2) said : 		#4

If you are using Intel Video Card, look up this bug #492271. I feel I had this problem after upgrade to 9.10. Workaround was (1) edit compiz-manager file to set compiz_name="metacity" using recovery mode (2) Preferences-->Appearance-->Visual Effects = None. I can not get compiz effects but otherwise the system works. I am waiting for this bug resolution, else I might try a diferent video card.

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