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Comment on Gears Of War 2 XBox 360 - Can’t Select Difficulty by Umar

Umar — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:28:00 +0000

Thanks I was about to crusify my xbox lol

Comment on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex/8.10 Is Ruining My Hardware by Vadi

Vadi — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:09:33 +0000

I have a T41, but the install was flawless…

Comment on Gears of War (Xbox 360) Is Awesome, but.. by atc

atc — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:16:56 +0000

Yeah, that’s a fair point. Still a very fun game, just far too scripted.

Comment on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex/8.10 Is Ruining My Hardware by atc

atc — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:14:21 +0000

@Allan, I did a memtest, nothing happened.

@aussiebear, thank you, I’ve added those to my bug report as also requested by Teej.

Comment on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex/8.10 Is Ruining My Hardware by Allan

Allan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:18:45 +0000

Could be a hardware issue that Ubuntu is exposing but can’t tell you about, like a hard drive failure, or bad memory. I’ve installed Ubuntu 7.x and 8.04 on my fairly new laptop, and I’ve installed 8.04 and 8.10 on my brand new desktop. After some minor waves, things have settled down and I’m happy with 8.10. Since this problem sounds like a BSOD on Windows, I would have to suggest performing memory checks and HD disk checks.

Comment on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex/8.10 Is Ruining My Hardware by SLA

SLA — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:14:51 +0000

Are you sure it’s a thermal shutdown event? If yes, then you may just want to open up the system, use an air-duster to blow out the CPU-fan to clear away dust, and then get a fresh tube of thermal grease. (Your old thermal goop may have gone McCain on you…. old & dried up).

Then make sure your system is on a hard flat surface and can get plenty of airflow.

Comment on Gears of War (Xbox 360) Is Awesome, but.. by aussiebear

aussiebear — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:02:06 +0000

Sounds like you’re crying out for a game that challenges your intellect, rather than a mindless/gory third-person shoot’em up.

Comment on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex/8.10 Is Ruining My Hardware by aussiebear

aussiebear — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:59:47 +0000

Are there any log files generated? (possible hints to the problem?)

Hmmm, smells like a ACPI problem…You need to provide more details with your bug report.
=> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingACPI#Filing%20a%20Bug%20Report

I’m using a ThinkPad T43 here, and I’m not encountering the same issues with Xubuntu 7.04, 7.10, and 8.04.

What I did encounter though, was the HDD clicking issue, which I had to manually fix by adjusting some config files. (Supposedly, this problem is fixed in the current release of 8.10).

Hard shutdowns are typically initiated to protect the system from permanent damage. (However, my concern is always the impact on HDDs and the data on them).

Comment on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex/8.10 Is Ruining My Hardware by atc

atc — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:55:26 +0000

@rob: Yeah, you’re right. Astonished to find so many people being affected but very few official fixes.

@blah: wrong. This isn’t anything to do with LTS, and I’m doing them a favour by trying each release.

Comment on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex/8.10 Is Ruining My Hardware by Schpenke

Schpenke — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:52:32 +0000

I had this exact problem on my IBM T40 laptop. I tried every recommended solution and workaround. Nothing fixed it. It was this bug that made me leave the Ubuntu distribution and go back to Slackware. It is unacceptable that this is *still* an ongoing issue.

@blah - It’s attitudes like yours that continue to propagate problems like this. Non-LTS or not, a bug that has been reported over and over again through multiple distributions without being fixed is irresponsible.