Chris This sounds like classic hardware problems. Is you CPU fan working ? After that, I'd check for faulty memory, especially cache memory; a kernel compile will give signal 11 errors if you have memory problems (though you may also get crashes as you describe).
Jim >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 04/10/01, 22:37:26, Chris Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding [scottish] Crash: > Ever since I have installed Red Hat 7.1 it has been freezing on me when I > wasn't doing anything that might have upset it. Things like scrolling down a > trusted website and typing in gedit. Normally this has just been a nuisense, > I would have to hit the reset button and it would fix the errors and boot > normally but this time this is not so. It comes up with an error and it > wants me to login as root to try and fix it but I don't have a clue how. > Once it's fixed do you have any idea what may be causing it to die? I don't > think it's linux because it even done it during the install procedure, the > mouse just stopped when I was moving to press the next button. Is there > anyway I can find out what's causing it? > Thanks, > Chris > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
