8.10 Intrepid: system hang/lockup at logout

[jeffk]

I have one Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid desktop which recently started locking up at logout. It is 100% repeatable, and does not happen with other identically configured desktops (of different hardware).

I am tempted to wait a bit longer to see if it is a software problem. There are occasional other lockups on this machine, and this points to hardware problems in my view.

Any reports of similar behavior popping up over the last month or so?

Thanks.

[spynappels]

I've had the same problem with a Sony Vaio laptop, but no problems with two other desktops I've used so far. No idea why though...

[spynappels]

Try post #14 in the following thread...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=966844

[jeffk]

The latest alsa-utils update seems to fix it:

/etc/init.d$ diff -u alsa-utils.dpkg-old alsa-utils
--- alsa-utils.dpkg-old 2008-12-02 18:01:48.000000000 -0500
+++ alsa-utils 2008-11-26 02:27:06.000000000 -0500
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
MYNAME=/etc/init.d/alsa-utils
+export PULSE_INTERNAL=0

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

@@ -351,8 +352,6 @@
exit $EXITSTATUS
;;
stop)
- ifconfig vnet0 down
- ifconfig eth0 down
EXITSTATUS=0
TARGET_CARD="$2"
case "$TARGET_CARD" in