On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Peter Langfelder < peter.langfel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Javier Perez <pepeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi > > I am experiencing random lockups on my system. They started with FC10 and > now I've had them about twice with FC11 > > First I thought the reason was the graphical drivers, but they continued > (although less frequently) when I switched down to > > work at level 3 on this pc. > > Usually this pc works as a data server (music, photos) for my home but I > use it ocasionally to troubleshoot other pc's at home. > > > > My PC is a > > Intel Celeron socket 370 1GHz CPU > > Biostar M6VLR board > > --VIA VT8601A(PLE133T) / VT82C686B chipset > > -- Trident Blade 3D Core integrated video. > > 2MB RAM(PC 133 MHZ) > > > > I think I read among the release notes that the minimum requirement with > be a Pentium processor, > > I am not sure if one of the optimizations for Fedora is adversely > affecting my Celeron system. > > Would it go away I if recompile the Kernel? > > What logs should I activate to try and catch out what is exactly causing > the lockups. I do not remember > > any particular activity that consistently causes the lock ups. I checked > out RAM with Memtest86 and it doesn't show up any trouble. > > > > I've had random lockups due to faulty memory chips and due to an > unspecified "motherboard problem" (after that I didn't bother to try > and fix the machine). A graphical driver bug will most likely kill the > X server, but may not affect the kernel (and level 3 operation). You > can run memtest to see whether there's anything wrong with your > memory. If memtest hangs as well, I'd suspect a motherboard or power > supply problem. > > HTH, > > Peter > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@redhat.com > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > Hi I ran memtest for about 5 repetitions without problem. Maybe if I leave it tonight overnight runnning memtest something will show up. I'll try. Just let me get home first and i'll post the /var/log/message and /var/log/dmesg Is there anyway to filter out all the ansi stuff in order to watch boot.log ? It's quite confusing to watch it with all the ANSI stuff in between. -- ------------------------------ /\_/\ |O O| pepeb...@gmail.com ~~~~ Javier Perez ~~~~ While the night runs ~~~~ toward the day... m m Pepebuho watches from his high perch. Sent from La Chorrera, Panama
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