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system hang on problem

Asked by ANIRUDDHA

my system hangs on in several absurt cases.sometimes,when i play some video files like .DAT, .AVI etc the players like vlc and m movie player could not response but only play sound and that time system goes to hang .i don't know any solution of it.and i am forced to shut down my system by using power switch.but the case not been occuring for all avi ,dat files all time. so i also have not a guess which file should i play on which player. now please suggest me how can i get rid of this problem............is there any option in ubuntu like task manager in windows? PLEASE ANSWER ME................

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amit (amit-ramjas) said : 		#1

apply all updates first

same problem was with me also
when i first installed hardy my system would hang up all the times when i played any media files
but after updating the system it became quite stable

in my case i use VLC now it works fine

i know that it still hangs but only one time out of ten

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#2

To be sure your system is in a good state.

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Hope this helps

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Then if you have still problem please make also a deep RAM memory check...

Start the pc the when you see the GRUB row...

Press ESC.

Select the "Ubuntu ..., memtest86+" row and press enter, please run this test for many hours (i suggest you for an entire night).

Hope this helps

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