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Well, I tried again and all seems to be working.

I'll admit many of the problems were probably of my own making - installing things that were not in the software center (themes, utilities),...

I have wanted a linux installation for a while. I have tried many versions and got the same results - total system lockups after a few hours.

I'll admit many of the problems were probably of my...

I was wrong. Nothing's fixed and the freezing is back. Thanks for everyone's help, but I must give up on linux. I will keep the installation on the partition to visit, but I need something more...

Non sse2 processor - no flash in linux. Wine or old flashplayer versions are the only solution.

Could I have possibly fixed it !!??

Memtest showed no errors. I reinstalled lubuntu 13.10 and was ok for about an hour before it froze. I had the preferred software window open and was moving it...

Could I have possibly fixed it !!??

Memtest showed no errors. I reinstalled lubuntu 13.10 and was ok for about an hour before it froze. I had the preferred software window open and was moving it...

I am running memtest now. I heard I should let it for many hours.

Yes, the live cd - actually, I ran it a usb stick - froze eventually.

I do run the update either when installing, or shortly there after. Is there some update file I should avoid? Or the best to...

I got the hardware info after i put xp back. I used the live lubuntu cd to get the info.

Would the size of the swap file cause these problems?

Lubuntu all the way. I have read about many problems with ati cards.

Thanks for the info, but as this is just my shop computer, I am not interested in spending any $$ on it.

Maybe the next PC I drag out of a dumpster will run linux.

After a couple weeks of trying, I guess I should give up. Distros install and run beautifully for a couple hours before the total lockups start.

I have run xp on this old unit for 5-6 years and...

Full system info

H/W path Device Class Description
======================================================
system DK394A-ABA a264w
/0 ...

yes, i don't see problems.

lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C display
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: R200 [Radeon 8500/8500 LE]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices,...

I will need to install lubuntu to get you that info.

The lockups happen randomly and are total - no response from the keyboard or mouse. No hard drive cd or flash drive action.

The bios has two options, onboard and PCI - it is set to PCI (even...

I have tried ubuntu,xubuntu,bodhi,lubuntu,LXLE,pclinuxos, and probably a few others with the same results - works great the first day and then the lockups begin and get worse until I give up and try...

My setup
HP Pavillion a264w desktop
athlon xp 2800
512 ram
Radeon 8500

lubuntu 13.10

A few seconds after waking, a hard freeze, also hard freeze in full screen flash after a minute or two.

I also found the flashplayer that came with Opera ( /usr/lib/adobe/plugins ) , can work in Chromium and Firefox. Just delete the newer ones and copy and paste this one.

delete from
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for youtube - there is an extention that converts to html5.

otherwise - see this

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2215258

I am only a couple weeks into my transformation from Win XP to linux.

First - lubuntu is the only distro that installs and works well for me.

Most of the last couple weeks was trying to get...