On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 01:59:05PM -0500, Tuc wrote: > > > > It could be incompatible hardware (i.e. mostly compatible hardware) that > > works most of the time, but occasionally causes a reboot. Meanwhile, the > > vender drivers for Windows make it work perfectly there. > > > Its been working reliably since last May in 4.5/4.6/4.7.... Then > the hard drive failed, put a fresh install, and then it was reliable until > I was portupgrading X. What could the X system do so horrible that would > make the screen just go black and then the splash page happen?
It exercises the hardware vigorously (CPU, RAM, disk, I/O controllers, ...). This is exactly the situation under which failing hardware is most likely to fail. Kris
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