On 09/21/2017 10:23 AM, Brian wrote: > On 09/19/2017 08:50 AM, Charlie wrote: > > For anybody still following this :- > > 1) The problem was unaffected by a downgrade to 16.04 LTS. > > 2) I'm becoming more and more convinced that I'm actually dealing with > some kind of hardware problem, i.e. a defective component of my PC > rather than an Ubuntu-related problem. I've got a couple of ideas for > things to try, if one of them is successful in stopping the lockups I > will post again to confirm that it wasn't an Ubuntu problem. > >
I did try tweaking the BIOS setup to move the video frame down below the 4GB boundary (it was set to be above). No difference. The next thing is to try a standalone video card rather than the onboard graphics, so I'm waiting for that nice Mr. Amazon to extract his digit and deliver one. Yep, that solved it - it was hardware, not software. As above, I bought a cheap GeForce 8400 graphics card from Amazon, installed it (which disabled the onboard graphics automagically), installed a compatible set of NVidia drivers (the newest and greatest don't work with this less-than-cutting-edge card) and everything now appears to be rock-solid. I would have expected the PC to lock up something close to ten times by now, given how unstable it was using the on-board graphics. Not even a hint of a problem. Brian. -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users