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Asked: 2014-04-16 02:55:26 +0800 CST

Laptop freezes on battery Dell Inspiron 3521 - Ubuntu 13.10 Gnome shell 3.10

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I am running Ubuntu 13.10, Gnome shell - 3.10 on Dell Inspiron 3521 (bought almost one year ago). Initially it worked fine, but now laptop is suddenly freezing. Nothing works then, no mouse, no keyboard , no Ctrl+Alt+F1 or anything. The only option left is rebooting. What I observed is it usually happens on battery. Especially when I leave it off for a few minutes idle. I checked with Dell and got to know that it's not a hardware issue.

Has anyone else experienced the same?

Thanks!

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1 Answers

  1. Its due to ATI Catalyst proprietary driver. In 14.04, I am using only open source drivers and its working perfectly fine!

    Thanks

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