I have the same problem on a sandybridge XPS15 laptop with 4 GB ram. It almost exclusively happens when Dropbox is synchronizing files and it's very annoying.
So I guess it's not just limited to devices with an low amount of memory. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/755066 Title: heavy i/o on sandybridge systems with small memory footprints causes system hangs -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
