Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-11 Thread David Wright
On Sat 12 May 2018 at 11:37:44 (+1200), Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > Laptops are harder; there used to be low-power fanless models that > radiated heat through the keyboard, but these seem to be less > common. I hope ARM64 will become more common. I have a (fan-endowed) laptop that runs hot (the

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-11 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 11/05/18 18:56, Joe wrote: On Fri, 11 May 2018 11:37:24 +1200 Richard Hector wrote: On 11/05/18 03:17, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: Those times it happened, I remember kicking myself (HARD!) for not *simply* making sure there were no dust bunnies gathering inside the case

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-11 Thread Joe
On Fri, 11 May 2018 07:39:34 + (UTC) Curt wrote: > On 2018-05-11, Joe wrote: > > On Fri, 11 May 2018 11:37:24 +1200 > > Richard Hector wrote: > > > >> On 11/05/18 03:17, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > >> > Those times it happened, I

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-11 Thread Curt
On 2018-05-11, Joe wrote: > On Fri, 11 May 2018 11:37:24 +1200 > Richard Hector wrote: > >> On 11/05/18 03:17, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: >> > Those times it happened, I remember kicking myself (HARD!) for not >> > *simply* making sure there were no dust

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-11 Thread Joe
On Fri, 11 May 2018 11:37:24 +1200 Richard Hector wrote: > On 11/05/18 03:17, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > > Those times it happened, I remember kicking myself (HARD!) for not > > *simply* making sure there were no dust bunnies gathering inside the > > case in the days just

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-10 Thread Richard Hector
On 11/05/18 03:17, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > Those times it happened, I remember kicking myself (HARD!) for not > *simply* making sure there were no dust bunnies gathering inside the > case in the days just prior to the hardware loss. :) Hmm. I wonder how hard it would be to design/build a dust

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-10 Thread Kenneth Parker
I used to have an Acer Netbook, which would, regularly overheat, if I dared use it, more than a 1/2 hour at a time, with the "on-board" Hard Drive. HOWEVER, I had no trouble, running Ubuntu Server 12.04 (as an "always-on" Server), but ONLY on a Thumb Drive. Text only, cover closed, most access

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-10 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 5/10/18, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > On 10/05/18 17:36, Felix Miata wrote: >> Ben Caradoc-Davies composed on 2018-05-10 17:13 (UTC+1200): >>> Alexander, are there any signs of overheating at the time of the freeze? >> Any _other_ signs? Apparently "random" freezing after 30

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-10 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 10/05/18 17:36, Felix Miata wrote: Ben Caradoc-Davies composed on 2018-05-10 17:13 (UTC+1200): Alexander, are there any signs of overheating at the time of the freeze? Any _other_ signs? Apparently "random" freezing after 30 minutes heavy use, such as watching a video with a 1GHz CPU and

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-09 Thread Felix Miata
Ben Caradoc-Davies composed on 2018-05-10 17:13 (UTC+1200): > Felix Miata wrote: >> It's a 7 year old budget notebook. Likely either 7 years of heat has taken a >> toll on some heat sensitive component, or dust accumulation is _causing_ >> overheating that might be overcome by a cleaning. Maybe

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-09 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 10/05/18 15:40, Felix Miata wrote: You could have looked it up: https://www.cnet.com/products/acer-aspire-v5-121-0430-11-6-c-70-4-gb-ram-320-gb-hdd/specs/ This would not have answered my question: "What video drivers and version?" It's a 7 year old budget notebook. Likely either 7 years

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-09 Thread Felix Miata
Ben Caradoc-Davies composed on 2018-05-10 15:17 (UTC+1200): > Alexander Beerhoff wrote: ... >> I’ve found increasing heavier problems using web browser. In earlier stage >> the “system” freeze (no ctrl-alt-function-key response) when watching long >> video online (say at least 30 min, say on you

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-09 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 10/05/18 09:17, Alexander Beerhoff wrote: Dear Debian Team, I’ve found increasing heavier problems using web browser. In earlier stage the “system” freeze (no ctrl-alt-function-key response) when watching long video online (say at least 30 min, say on you tube.com), now (as consequence of

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-09 Thread Carl Fink
On 05/09/2018 05:17 PM, Alexander Beerhoff wrote: Dear Debian Team, I’ve found increasing heavier problems using web browser. In earlier stage the “system” freeze (no ctrl-alt-function-key response) when watching long video online (say at least 30 min, say on you tube.com ),

Re: System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-09 Thread Bob Weber
On 5/9/18 5:17 PM, Alexander Beerhoff wrote: Dear Debian Team, I’ve found increasing heavier problems using web browser. In earlier stage the “system” freeze (no ctrl-alt-function-key response) when watching long video online (say at least 30 min, say on you tube.com ), now

System freeze using web browsers

2018-05-09 Thread Alexander Beerhoff
Dear Debian Team, I’ve found increasing heavier problems using web browser. In earlier stage the “system” freeze (no ctrl-alt-function-key response) when watching long video online (say at least 30 min, say on you tube.com), now (as consequence of system update??) cannot use any browser: tried