I checked the system load CPU usage is never over 25 perent and ram is never above 50 percent When it loacked up nothing will free it up so i have to reboot by hitting the reset and when it goes to sleep the screen just stays blank it never did that until I loaded 8.0 and it still does it even with 8.1 I will check the logs and see what I can find Thanks for your help Greg Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Greg, > >I think that the USB ports issue as Femme indicated are probably totally >separate to your system clagging out after some idle time. I would >maybe suspect some highly intelligent piece of hardware that goes to >sleep to save energy then decides not to wake up again. Do you notice >disks spinning down - anything like that. How does it look when it >locks up? Is the screen blank? Have you tried the old alt-SysRq-rseiu >routine? Sacrificing virgins? etc. > >Brian > >On Sat, 2002-03-23 at 21:21, Michael wrote: >> Greg: Try looking at CPU Usage after a day or two's running. For a GUI tool for >> this i use "kpm", on the kde menu (at least in my old ML7.1) it is >> >> Applications > Monitoring > "Process Management" >> >> You can click on the CPU column to sort by process using most/least cycles. Look >> for a process that steadily uses more and more CPU %. >> >> I also had a problem with logrotate that meant that it was filling my >> /var/log/mail and /var/log/news with backups of the backups of the backups ad >> infinitum. Thousands of files in one directory :o( This was probably fixed in >> later versions. >> >> Michael >> >> Greg wrote: >> > >> > One of the things it does is lock up after it sits for a few days without being >used >> > Another thing is the task bar in KDE disappears if it has not been rebooted for >awhile >> > I am thinking it might have some thing to do with my USB ports which do not work >> > I am too new to Linux I dont know where the log files would be >> > Greg >> >> -- >> When in panic, fear and doubt, >> Drink in barrels, eat, and shout. >> >> ---- >> > >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > -- Linux The Number one Os __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
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