Hey everyone, I've been running ubuntu edgy without any problems on my Dell C840 laptop, since edgy was released. Today though I've started having some weirdness. Essentially what happens is I boot up, KDM runs as normal, then I log in. When I log in KDE comes up and then the system essentially hard freezes for a few minutes. No matter what I go to run, nothing will launch. And ctrl+alt+backspace does not work.
The only resolution I have found is to press ctrl+alt+f1 and enter a shell. >From there I ran a few things (ps ax, netstat, ifconfig, lsmod) the only thing out of the ordinary was eth1 (my wireless nic), was not up. So I bring it up then switch back. Amarok or some other random application will crash, then the system behaves as normal, until I reboot again. However when I reboot (this computer doesn't suspend or hibernate properly even in windows), I have to start the whole process all over again. Logging out before a reboot does not appear to solve this problem. The only consistant thing about this whole mess is that my wireless is not coming up on it's own anymore, I have to manually do it. This has never been a problem before. I have not installed any new applications. However there was an update yesterday, so I haven't ruled that out, however I'm not sure how to roll back that update or even how to check what was updated. I'm on the verge of considering a re-install, but before I do, I figured I'ld ask the list for some suggestions of what I might check or how I might go about fixing this. Thanks in advance, Sincerely, Steve /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
