> Subject: OT: Quirky problems on a laptop > From: "Jamin W. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 16 Jan 2002 12:26:18 -0600 > > My wife has a laptop that does some very strange things. From time to > time, certain programs will refuse to start. However, in many cases a > reboot will correct one or more of the applications. > > Most frequently, Evolution and GKrellM fail to start with a > "Segmentation fault". In some cases Blackbox fails to start (not sure > error), but this is normally corrected by a restart. Anything suspicious in dmesg? What does df say about free space? I've seen various apps do various (nasty) things when the space on /var got all used... Stuff like this is usual suspects, but you haven't mentioned what you *have* tried to identify the problem, so..
> Anyone got any ideas, or places/lists for more information on how to > look into something like this? System information included below. Well, surely looks like a HW-related prob, doesn't it? You could try http://www.memtest86.com/, I've seen it touted on freebsd-questions@ more than once. > PCG-SR7K (http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/products/pc/notebook/pcgsr7k.html) > RH 7.2 > > Blackbox 0.61.1 > Evolution 1.0.1 > GKrellM 1.2.2 -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 7:48PM up 3 days, 23:46, 22 users, load averages: 0.12, 0.09, 0.02