-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 27 August 2003 13:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 09:40:01AM -0700, Alan wrote: > > > I'm having total and random freezes... The mouse pointer disappear, the > > > keyboard doesn't do anything (not even pressing Caps Lock turns the > > > light on or off), can anybody give me any clue of where can I start > > > looking for the problem ? > > . > . > . > > > Personally the two things I've seen that cause linux to crash is are: > > - unsupported or partially supported hardware > > - bad hardware > > > > What kernel are you running? Maybe try the vanilla or a "newer" (ie: > > ac-sources or gaming-sources) and see if maybe it has support for the > > hardware that might be causing the problems. > > I've dealt with random freezes due to badly supported hardware - driver > bugs - for IDE controllers and SCSI controllers. Grabbing newer sources > is one good test. Another is using the NMI watchdog, which can help you > understand the crashes and identify which driver may be at fault. Info > on the NMI watchdog can be found in: > > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt > > It's extremely useful, but only if you're either not running X or using > an external serial console - so you can see its output. Unfortunatly, I'm using X and I don't have any serial consoles at hand... is there anything that I can still do ?
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