"I was unable to resolve the freezes either. I attempted a kernel 
change, amoungst other suggestions, and it wouldn't stop freezing.

I since rebuilt my machine with Arch Linux. I too hope this issue with 
Ubuntu 10.04 gets solved soon, however I don't know if I'll go back at 
this point."

#763 at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1478787&page=77



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