Re: Hardware diagnostics

2009-05-20 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:37:51PM -0400, Scott Gifford wrote: > > I have a Debian Etch installation that's beoming increasingly > unstable. It periodically freezes up, with nothing in the logs until > it is rebooted. I suspect a hardware problem, and would like to > identify it or rule it out b

Re: Hardware diagnostics

2009-05-20 Thread Michael M. Moore
On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 23:37 -0400, Scott Gifford wrote: > > Can anybody recommend a good hardware diagnostic or "burn-in" program? > I have used memtest86 and will try that, but ideally I'd like to > stress test more of the system than just the memory. Something that > can run on Debian Etch whil

RE: Hardware diagnostics

2009-05-19 Thread David Christensen
Scott Gifford wrote: > I suspect a hardware problem, > Can anybody recommend a good hardware diagnostic or "burn-in" program? > I have used memtest86 I also use and recommend memtest86. It tests your CPU, memory, and everything between them and your keyboard and display to a greater or lesser de

Re: Hardware diagnostics

2009-05-19 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, may you want let a try to http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/stress-2881.shtml (Debian package stress) Otherwise, have you try with a verbose kernel, namely a kernel with debugging options ? hth, Jerome Scott Gifford wrote: Hello, I have a Debian Etch installation that's beomi

Re: Hardware diagnostics

2009-05-19 Thread Daryl Styrk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:37:51PM -0400, Scott Gifford wrote: > Hello, > > I have a Debian Etch installation that's beoming increasingly > unstable. It periodically freezes up, with nothing in the logs until > it is rebooted. I suspect a hardware p