On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 15:19, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Why? > > I've never had this behavior before out of a Mandrake setup. > > As root, I can type in "updatedb" at a shell, and it will run for 2-3 mins, as > per usual, then suddenly, monitor goes black, and machine spontaneously > reboots. > > I have an 80 gig HD. > > and usually...some kind of damage is done. > > This folks, is off a fresh (re)install after the last episode caused major > damage. I figured it was doing it then because the db was corrupted or > something. > > Anyone have any ideas? This is terrible. :-(
* Double check all your system path(s) in the /etc/profile, the .bashrc of your home account, the /etc/ld.so.conf * Rerun ldconfig * Disable any services that are running that you seriously don't need. * Delete any core.* files laying around * Check the size of your SWAP * Do an fsck on your / partition from the first installation CD * Do an "updatedb" from "single user mode" * Cross your fingers -- Fri Jun 13 15:55:00 EST 2003 15:55:00 up 1 day, 15:53, 4 users, load average: 0.98, 0.85, 0.84 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Forrest Gump: "We were like peas and carrots, Jenny and I"
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