Two occasional issues, both requiring hard reboots
After stepping through the distribution upgrade process, going from 11.04 to 12.04, my laptop now occasionally does two things that cannot be resolved without a hard reboot:
1) The system freezes. Sort of. Everything stops working, including the clock, but NOT my trackball's pointer. In other words, I can move the pointer around like crazy...I just can't actually DO anything.
2) When lifting the laptop's lid in the morning, there's a blank dark screen. That doesn't respond to anything. So it looks just like any other morning, but when I press a key or move the pointer, nothing happens. Note that I have 'turn off screen' as my choice for 'when laptop lid closed' (under 'Energy Saving') and I do NOT use a screensaver.
There's another issue that started after upgrading--my volume is now much lower than it used to be. 50% now sounds like 30% before; 80% now is like 50% before. Also, my volume setting doesn't stick after shutting down and restarting. So if I left it at 85%, when I restart it's back at 50%.
1) The system freezes. Sort of. Everything stops working, including the clock, but NOT my trackball's pointer. In other words, I can move the pointer around like crazy...I just can't actually DO anything.
2) When lifting the laptop's lid in the morning, there's a blank dark screen. That doesn't respond to anything. So it looks just like any other morning, but when I press a key or move the pointer, nothing happens. Note that I have 'turn off screen' as my choice for 'when laptop lid closed' (under 'Energy Saving') and I do NOT use a screensaver.
There's another issue that started after upgrading--my volume is now much lower than it used to be. 50% now sounds like 30% before; 80% now is like 50% before. Also, my volume setting doesn't stick after shutting down and restarting. So if I left it at 85%, when I restart it's back at 50%.
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