RE: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ??
On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 9:23 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Friends , > > I have Asus A7n8x-deluxe , 2500 + athlon and Asus FX 5600 vga card. I > installed Mandrake 9.2 and I also installed latest original mainboard and > vga drivers from Nvidia's site. Everything ( even 3com lan adapter ) works > fine. I see no fail message during boot -up. I also installed some styles( > aqua ) from www.kde-look.org and normally there seems no any error. But my > system crashes randomly ( stops responding , no mouse and no keyboard !! ) > . I experienced this while I was scrolling with mouse ( mouse stopped > suddenly ) . This happened twice in 3 hours. When I was using Win XP I had > the same problem ( The system crashed randomly in 3 hours or sometimes did > not crash at all several days. I mean This happened randomly . But after > installing latest XP drivers for mobo and VGA I did not experience any > crash since 7 days of hardwork on XP. It seems It is OK on XP , but how > about on Mandrake 9.2 ??. My rams are Kingston. My power supply unit is 400 > W Zalman. > > Is there any possibility of hardware failure if so how can I understand ?? > And if the reason is somehow Mandrake 9.2 ; I heard always that linux is > much more stable , so what is this ? > > And what can I do if such crash happens on Mandrake ? should I wait ? or > should I reset the computer ?? since keyboard and mouse does not respond. > > Thanks.. > > Hertas. The fact that it crashes in Linux and in Windows immediately indicates a hardware problem. Typical causes of crashes are usually memory problems or thermal. You are using good quality components, but if you are over clocking or using aggressive memory timings you could be operating in marginal stability. Often memory problems are more obvious in Linux than in Windows because Linux uses all the memory (for disc caching) while in Windows the upper memory areas can be virtually unused. To find the problem install memtest86 from your Mandrake CDs. It will put a new entry in Lilo. Boot into memtest86 and run a test for several hours. There should be *no* failures at all. As for what to do when a crash happens. It is possible the crash has only affected your Window Manager in which case the kernel is still running. There is a page in the Mandrake On line manual which tells you how to do a graceful shutdown using Alt+SysRq+r, Alt+SysRq+s, Alt+SysRq+t, Alt+SysRq+e, but if it is a kernel panic then the only thing to do is power off. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org -Original Message- From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ?? Derek, Doh! I should have thought of memtest but never crossed my mind, I am using Corsair value matched pairs so I expect them to have had some testing done but being value does that mean they didn't make the grade as fully fledged matched pairs? I will install that tonight when I get home from work and run over night. As for undoing the freeze I have tried all the key combinations from the page and nothing happens at all. Thanks, Tony. -Original Message- From: Tony S. Sykes Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ?? Well mine has gone belly up again since I did an urpmi --update. Seemed to load my kernel source again? Now it just stops after lilo. Never got chance to do the memtest or cpuburn. Not able to get back to it until Thursday so I will be debugging it then. Any hints/tips much appreciated. Thanks, Tony. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ??-new findings !!
On Wednesday 12 November 2003 02:48 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To all that helped me , > > first of all thanks for your considerations. My new situation is : > > 1) I ran memtest-96 3.0 for 7.5 hours ( all night long) and it did not give > me any error. I think this means memory is OK. That seems okay. > 2) If the heat is problem how can I detect ( my CPu temperature is between > 49 - 54 C and system temp is 30-30 C ) is this temp. OK ? This one is trickier - keep in mind that your actual CPU temp can be 10 -20 degrees C. higher than what is reported. Did you run cpuburn? If not, install it and run it. There are specific versions for whatever flavor CPU you're using. If your system locks up or does anything else funny in less than 15 mins, then something is not quite right. If it will run for 20-30 mins, you're in pretty good shape. If it will run for over an hour, then your system is bullet-proof. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ??-new findings !!
On Wednesday 12 Nov 2003 7:48 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To all that helped me , > > first of all thanks for your considerations. My new situation is : > > 1) I ran memtest-96 3.0 for 7.5 hours ( all night long) and it did not give > me any error. I think this means memory is OK. > > 2) If the heat is problem how can I detect ( my CPu temperature is between > 49 - 54 C and system temp is 30-30 C ) is this temp. OK ? > > 3) I have Asus FX 5600 vga card. Could it possible that the heat is problem > with this vga card. ?? > > 4) I think there is something wrong between nvidia vga driver and Asus mobo > . Since I experienced almost the same things on XP too. > > > Thanks > > Have a nice day / night Memory and thermals seem fine. (That was while running cpuburn was it?) The next favourite cause that springs to my mind is the good old IRQ conflict. Take a look at KDE Control Centre>Information>Interrupts IRQ lines shared between video and ethernet are a favourite for causing random lockups. Reassigning IRQs depends on your BIOS in some BIOS' you can specifically assign IRQ. With others you have to move cards. With some of the really bad BIOS' you have to go around disabling unused on board devices. It might also be worth adding the 'nopentium' option to the append line of your Lilo config (It hides a bug in the Athlon to do with memory page swapping. I thought it was fixed in later Athlons, but you never know) derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ??
On Tuesday 11 November 2003 1:31 am, Tony S. Sykes wrote: > Hertas, > > I think this is an Asus problem as I have the same MB as you and am > having problems with Mandrake. I have not been able to find the cause > yet, but W2k is stable (unusually). I have a A7N8X Deluxe mobo and I have no problems with it under 9.0, 9.1 or 9.2 once I figured some stuff out. I use a USB Digital Logitech Wheel mouse, a USB Camera, and a Handspring Visor that I gave up on syncing via USB before the solution. I have had nasty crashes with USB problems. I now don't use Supermount or Devfs, and I stopped running the multimedia kernel that was shipped with 9.1. The worst system lockup was with the multimedia kernel and moving the mouse. I had to push the 'reset' button to get the system to reboot. With Devfs and supermount, I had problems syncing my camera and losing my mouse and stuff like that. without devfs and supermount, everything works well. The Visor I can't comment on, as I sync very reliably with a serial port, and really don't want to try to break the system now. But under USB the connection was really hard to sync, as supermount and devfs were showing the port, and pulling it away too fast for most of the syncing software. Rob -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ??
Dale Kosan wrote: snip... I have the same board and cpu combo and have had no freezes or lock ups. I am using an older gforce2 card and have only installed the nvidia driver for it.. I have not found the need to install the rest of the nvidia stuff. Maybe you have bad memory? I'll bet what the original poster was having is a video card driver problem. I had the exact same problems with an Asus A7V with a GeForce 2 MX running nVidia's drivers. Couldn't seem to run for any substantial period of time without crashing hard enough to lock up everything locally (dead mouse and desktop, no terminals). I could, however, ssh in from another computer on my network, kill X and everything would be fine again. What worked around the problem was reverting to the Mandrake drivers for the video card. First time after rebooting it ran for a month without any problems. A power surge and a slow to react UPS caused a reboot otherwise I believe it would have run much longer. Another thing I've read is that if you do choose to use the nVidia drivers you much disable the frame buffer. I believe that will eliminate the problem. This get's rid of bootsplashes but you won't crash. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake Linux 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk Reiserfs and XFS | KDE 3.1.4 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 11:25:00 up 6 days, 12:39, 6 users, load average: 0.24, 0.26, 0.16 --- "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ??
snip... I have the same board and cpu combo and have had no freezes or lock ups. I am using an older gforce2 card and have only installed the nvidia driver for it.. I have not found the need to install the rest of the nvidia stuff. Maybe you have bad memory? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ??
On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 11:09 am, Tony S. Sykes wrote: > Subject: Re: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux > really stable ?? > > Derek, > > Doh! I should have thought of memtest but never crossed my mind, I am > using Corsair value matched pairs so I expect them to have had some > testing done but being value does that mean they didn't make the grade > as fully fledged matched pairs? I will install that tonight when I get > home from work and run over night. As for undoing the freeze I have > tried all the key combinations from the page and nothing happens at all. > > Thanks, > > Tony. And after running memtest86 run cpuburn (see 'man cpuburn' for parameters for your CPU) While running cpuburn use 'sensors' to measure your CPU temperature (assuming you have installed lm-sensors ) You should be able to run cpuburn for about 1 hour without exceeding the rated spec of your CPU. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ??
On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 9:23 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Friends , > > I have Asus A7n8x-deluxe , 2500 + athlon and Asus FX 5600 vga card. I > installed Mandrake 9.2 and I also installed latest original mainboard and > vga drivers from Nvidia's site. Everything ( even 3com lan adapter ) works > fine. I see no fail message during boot -up. I also installed some styles( > aqua ) from www.kde-look.org and normally there seems no any error. But my > system crashes randomly ( stops responding , no mouse and no keyboard !! ) > . I experienced this while I was scrolling with mouse ( mouse stopped > suddenly ) . This happened twice in 3 hours. When I was using Win XP I had > the same problem ( The system crashed randomly in 3 hours or sometimes did > not crash at all several days. I mean This happened randomly . But after > installing latest XP drivers for mobo and VGA I did not experience any > crash since 7 days of hardwork on XP. It seems It is OK on XP , but how > about on Mandrake 9.2 ??. My rams are Kingston. My power supply unit is 400 > W Zalman. > > Is there any possibility of hardware failure if so how can I understand ?? > And if the reason is somehow Mandrake 9.2 ; I heard always that linux is > much more stable , so what is this ? > > And what can I do if such crash happens on Mandrake ? should I wait ? or > should I reset the computer ?? since keyboard and mouse does not respond. > > Thanks.. > > Hertas. The fact that it crashes in Linux and in Windows immediately indicates a hardware problem. Typical causes of crashes are usually memory problems or thermal. You are using good quality components, but if you are over clocking or using aggressive memory timings you could be operating in marginal stability. Often memory problems are more obvious in Linux than in Windows because Linux uses all the memory (for disc caching) while in Windows the upper memory areas can be virtually unused. To find the problem install memtest86 from your Mandrake CDs. It will put a new entry in Lilo. Boot into memtest86 and run a test for several hours. There should be *no* failures at all. As for what to do when a crash happens. It is possible the crash has only affected your Window Manager in which case the kernel is still running. There is a page in the Mandrake On line manual which tells you how to do a graceful shutdown using Alt+SysRq+r, Alt+SysRq+s, Alt+SysRq+t, Alt+SysRq+e, but if it is a kernel panic then the only thing to do is power off. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org -Original Message- From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ?? Derek, Doh! I should have thought of memtest but never crossed my mind, I am using Corsair value matched pairs so I expect them to have had some testing done but being value does that mean they didn't make the grade as fully fledged matched pairs? I will install that tonight when I get home from work and run over night. As for undoing the freeze I have tried all the key combinations from the page and nothing happens at all. Thanks, Tony. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ??
On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 9:23 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Friends , > > I have Asus A7n8x-deluxe , 2500 + athlon and Asus FX 5600 vga card. I > installed Mandrake 9.2 and I also installed latest original mainboard and > vga drivers from Nvidia's site. Everything ( even 3com lan adapter ) works > fine. I see no fail message during boot -up. I also installed some styles( > aqua ) from www.kde-look.org and normally there seems no any error. But my > system crashes randomly ( stops responding , no mouse and no keyboard !! ) > . I experienced this while I was scrolling with mouse ( mouse stopped > suddenly ) . This happened twice in 3 hours. When I was using Win XP I had > the same problem ( The system crashed randomly in 3 hours or sometimes did > not crash at all several days. I mean This happened randomly . But after > installing latest XP drivers for mobo and VGA I did not experience any > crash since 7 days of hardwork on XP. It seems It is OK on XP , but how > about on Mandrake 9.2 ??. My rams are Kingston. My power supply unit is 400 > W Zalman. > > Is there any possibility of hardware failure if so how can I understand ?? > And if the reason is somehow Mandrake 9.2 ; I heard always that linux is > much more stable , so what is this ? > > And what can I do if such crash happens on Mandrake ? should I wait ? or > should I reset the computer ?? since keyboard and mouse does not respond. > > Thanks.. > > Hertas. The fact that it crashes in Linux and in Windows immediately indicates a hardware problem. Typical causes of crashes are usually memory problems or thermal. You are using good quality components, but if you are over clocking or using aggressive memory timings you could be operating in marginal stability. Often memory problems are more obvious in Linux than in Windows because Linux uses all the memory (for disc caching) while in Windows the upper memory areas can be virtually unused. To find the problem install memtest86 from your Mandrake CDs. It will put a new entry in Lilo. Boot into memtest86 and run a test for several hours. There should be *no* failures at all. As for what to do when a crash happens. It is possible the crash has only affected your Window Manager in which case the kernel is still running. There is a page in the Mandrake On line manual which tells you how to do a graceful shutdown using Alt+SysRq+r, Alt+SysRq+s, Alt+SysRq+t, Alt+SysRq+e, but if it is a kernel panic then the only thing to do is power off. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ??
Anton, My is not from heat as I have had it running for 5 mins doing nothing and it has just frozen. I have also run it hard for several hours at 100% and it was fine. None of the logs say anything it is just a complete system freeze which is why I think it is not Linux but hardware, I have had one or two problems in Windows but those have gone away after the 4th reinstall. Tony. -Original Message- From: anton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ?? guys, I have a similar problem and it is VERY annoying. I have a suspicion it has something to do with the temperature of the cpu - at least in my case. A friend put the thermo tape on and heatsink - he's a careless bastard. The problem seems to happen every time when encoding video - something that really needs cpu grunt. Try transcoding in either windoze or linux and if you have a similar problem then it will surface. The thing is not that linux is less stable, rather that it gets better usage out of the cpu and works it harder. I would be interested to know as now even with the fan on full-bore it happens for me! Bloody annoying! Cheers Anton ps I was told the cure was new thermo tape - haven't had the time to change it but will try in the next couple of weeks... Tony S. Sykes wrote: >Hertas, > >I think this is an Asus problem as I have the same MB as you and am >having problems with Mandrake. I have not been able to find the cause >yet, but W2k is stable (unusually). > >Tony. > -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ??
guys, I have a similar problem and it is VERY annoying. I have a suspicion it has something to do with the temperature of the cpu - at least in my case. A friend put the thermo tape on and heatsink - he's a careless bastard. The problem seems to happen every time when encoding video - something that really needs cpu grunt. Try transcoding in either windoze or linux and if you have a similar problem then it will surface. The thing is not that linux is less stable, rather that it gets better usage out of the cpu and works it harder. I would be interested to know as now even with the fan on full-bore it happens for me! Bloody annoying! Cheers Anton ps I was told the cure was new thermo tape - haven't had the time to change it but will try in the next couple of weeks... Tony S. Sykes wrote: Hertas, I think this is an Asus problem as I have the same MB as you and am having problems with Mandrake. I have not been able to find the cause yet, but W2k is stable (unusually). Tony. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ?? Dear Friends , I have Asus A7n8x-deluxe , 2500 + athlon and Asus FX 5600 vga card. I installed Mandrake 9.2 and I also installed latest original mainboard and vga drivers from Nvidia's site. Everything ( even 3com lan adapter ) works fine. I see no fail message during boot -up. I also installed some styles( aqua ) from www.kde-look.org and normally there seems no any error. But my system crashes randomly ( stops responding , no mouse and no keyboard !! ) . I experienced this while I was scrolling with mouse ( mouse stopped suddenly ) . This happened twice in 3 hours. When I was using Win XP I had the same problem ( The system crashed randomly in 3 hours or sometimes did not crash at all several days. I mean This happened randomly . But after installing latest XP drivers for mobo and VGA I did not experience any crash since 7 days of hardwork on XP. It seems It is OK on XP , but how about on Mandrake 9.2 ??. My rams are Kingston. My power supply unit is 400 W Zalman. Is there any possibility of hardware failure if so how can I understand ?? And if the reason is somehow Mandrake 9.2 ; I heard always that linux is much more stable , so what is this ? And what can I do if such crash happens on Mandrake ? should I wait ? or should I reset the computer ?? since keyboard and mouse does not respond. Thanks.. Hertas. (Embedded image moved to file: pic26299.pcx) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ??
Hertas, I think this is an Asus problem as I have the same MB as you and am having problems with Mandrake. I have not been able to find the cause yet, but W2k is stable (unusually). Tony. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ?? Dear Friends , I have Asus A7n8x-deluxe , 2500 + athlon and Asus FX 5600 vga card. I installed Mandrake 9.2 and I also installed latest original mainboard and vga drivers from Nvidia's site. Everything ( even 3com lan adapter ) works fine. I see no fail message during boot -up. I also installed some styles( aqua ) from www.kde-look.org and normally there seems no any error. But my system crashes randomly ( stops responding , no mouse and no keyboard !! ) . I experienced this while I was scrolling with mouse ( mouse stopped suddenly ) . This happened twice in 3 hours. When I was using Win XP I had the same problem ( The system crashed randomly in 3 hours or sometimes did not crash at all several days. I mean This happened randomly . But after installing latest XP drivers for mobo and VGA I did not experience any crash since 7 days of hardwork on XP. It seems It is OK on XP , but how about on Mandrake 9.2 ??. My rams are Kingston. My power supply unit is 400 W Zalman. Is there any possibility of hardware failure if so how can I understand ?? And if the reason is somehow Mandrake 9.2 ; I heard always that linux is much more stable , so what is this ? And what can I do if such crash happens on Mandrake ? should I wait ? or should I reset the computer ?? since keyboard and mouse does not respond. Thanks.. Hertas. (Embedded image moved to file: pic26299.pcx) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] My system crashes on Mandrake 9.2 ??!! Is linux really stable ??
Dear Friends , I have Asus A7n8x-deluxe , 2500 + athlon and Asus FX 5600 vga card. I installed Mandrake 9.2 and I also installed latest original mainboard and vga drivers from Nvidia's site. Everything ( even 3com lan adapter ) works fine. I see no fail message during boot -up. I also installed some styles( aqua ) from www.kde-look.org and normally there seems no any error. But my system crashes randomly ( stops responding , no mouse and no keyboard !! ) . I experienced this while I was scrolling with mouse ( mouse stopped suddenly ) . This happened twice in 3 hours. When I was using Win XP I had the same problem ( The system crashed randomly in 3 hours or sometimes did not crash at all several days. I mean This happened randomly . But after installing latest XP drivers for mobo and VGA I did not experience any crash since 7 days of hardwork on XP. It seems It is OK on XP , but how about on Mandrake 9.2 ??. My rams are Kingston. My power supply unit is 400 W Zalman. Is there any possibility of hardware failure if so how can I understand ?? And if the reason is somehow Mandrake 9.2 ; I heard always that linux is much more stable , so what is this ? And what can I do if such crash happens on Mandrake ? should I wait ? or should I reset the computer ?? since keyboard and mouse does not respond. Thanks.. Hertas. (Embedded image moved to file: pic26299.pcx) pic26299.pcx Description: Binary data Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
