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i regular ubuntu user 7.10 till now. using 11.04. problem never happened previous releases. when open more 4 windows in firefox or whenever open "ubuntu software center" hard disk keeps spinning, mouse , keyboard frozen. tried reboot tty1. takes around 3 minutes command prompt after pressing ctrl + alt + f1.
reinstalled 11.04 several times. problem not solved. have applied updates.
program causing problem? how diagnose?

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i regular ubuntu user 7.10 till now. using 11.04. problem never happened previous releases. when open more 4 windows in firefox or whenever open "ubuntu software center" hard disk keeps spinning, mouse , keyboard frozen. tried reboot tty1. takes around 3 minutes command prompt after pressing ctrl + alt + f1.
reinstalled 11.04 several times. problem not solved. have applied updates.
program causing problem? how diagnose?
hi, sounds running low on memory , ubuntu writing swap file on hard drive keep going. swap being used when not need used. can open system monitor , see program using resources , how memory doing. run top terminal.


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