10.3 Dell Inspiron 5150 Freeze

I have an old dell inspiron 5150 (apx 5yrs). Using various distros over the time, including SuSE 10.x, I experience freezes after 10-20 hrs uptime. I've recently run Ubuntu 7.04 and the ubuntu kernel doesn't seem to have this problem. I can Run with ACPI=off and SuSE 10.3 works fine too, but I'd rather have the acpi stuff working, especially the hyperthreading. Anyone?

We all have to use what works. I know that is not what you want to hear, but that's the way it is. If Ubuntu works with your laptop and SUSE doesn't then you really should run Ubuntu.

I seriously doubt that the problem is the kernel. I would guess that it is something to do with the desktop manager. If you use Gnome, you could try KDE, or even XFCE which is available in the Patterns for 10.3.

We all have to use what works. I know that is not what you want to hear, but that's the way it is. If Ubuntu works with your laptop and SUSE doesn't then you really should run Ubuntu.

I seriously doubt that the problem is the kernel. I would guess that it is something to do with the desktop manager. If you use Gnome, you could try KDE, or even XFCE which is available in the Patterns for 10.3.
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I doubt the problem is outside the kernel, as it goes away when I use the acpi=off kernel switch. I may be wrong, please explain why you think the problem is outside the kernel?

Thanks for pointing me to Ubuntu, btw, but I already know it works so ... well. Nothin new there I'm afraid. I'm more interested in having SuSE work.