Andrew wrote: >My computer seems to randomly freeze up. It stops responding to >everything (mouse, keyboard, CTRL+ALT+BKSPC). This only happens >when I am running X11. I haven't found a pattern that shows a >specific app causing the freeze. I have had combinations of >IceWM, KDE2.2 and 3, having combinations of StarOffice5.2, >Konquoror, FreeAmp, and Ogg123, open when a crash occurs. I >don't think that its a hardware issue, as this never happens >under Win98SE, and HardDrake properly detected all my hardware. >I have tried looking in some log files in /var/log to find a >pattern. No luck. > >My questions: >1. Is there a systematic way to detemine what is causing the >crashes? >2. What specific log files should I look at? >3. Anyone else had this problem? Fixes?
I regret to say this, but such 'patternless freezes' are very likely a hardware problem as Linux is much tougher on hardware than Win98; the three times it happened to me there turned out to be something physically wrong with the machine. First off I would look inside and make sure everything's seated properly in its sockets and connectors are tight; repeatedly turning a machine on and off can eventually work chips loose in their sockets because they get hot and cold, thus expand and contract, over and over again. (On one occasion a DIMM had worked itself loose; on the second the BIOS had worked itself loose; on the third, unfortunately, the hard disk blew shortly thereafter). Alastair ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________
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