Ubuntu Freezes randomly

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I am using Ubuntu Mate . when i run more apps the mouse courser stop moving and the whole system freeze with no response till i turn off my device. i searched about this problem and tried to update my kernel (when i was using Ubuntu desktop version with unity) but there was no improvement. i read this solution and i want to ask if this line `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash intel_idle.max_cstate=1" will work on my hp device as there is (intel) in the code line?!

update 1 : my processor is :AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics × 2

Your HP computer might have an Intel processor in it, so it's possible that will work. Try it out. — Chai T. Rex, Jan 26 '17 at 00:43
my processor is : AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics × 2 — Sherif Radwan, Jan 26 '17 at 00:48
That kernel parameter won't help you then. How much RAM do you have? How much swap? — heynnema, Jan 26 '17 at 00:52
i had read that making a swap partition will harm my hard disk .. what do u think? — Sherif Radwan, Jan 26 '17 at 01:03
i tried a command to know what is the type of my hard disk showing me that i use HDD — Sherif Radwan, Jan 26 '17 at 04:10
Swap will not hurt your HDD. Install a swap partition, mkswap, and edit /etc/fstab. I'd recommend 8G swap. — heynnema, Jan 30 '17 at 20:20

heynnema · Answer 1 · 2017-02-01T03:52:02.617

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From the comments...

As the user starts more apps, the system freezes. They only have 4G RAM and no swap.

Recommend creating a 8G swap partition, mkswap, lsblk, edit /etc/fstab, swapon -a, to make a working swap. If you need specific instructions, please ask.

example /etc/fstab entry:

# swap was on /dev/sda8 during installation
UUID=071f8b0e-8e16-4f4d-90ff-a4ae9cc56e2b   none   swap   sw   0   0

edited Feb 01 '17 at 03:52

answered Jan 30 '17 at 20:22

heynnema

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Ubuntu Freezes randomly

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