On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:36:17 -0700 Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > This has happened to me a few times before, in 2.2 kernels and 2.4 > kernels. I'm not sure where I should start looking first, but I have a > feeling that the X server could be a factor. > > The last few times it has happened it was while I was in Mozilla and > clicking quickly on the horozontal scroll bar to move to the right a > screen at at time, and then poof, reboot. > > I doubt it is mozilla itself, since unprivleged userspace shouldn't be > able to reboot the system, though X does have access to the > hardware... > > This has happened less than 10 times in the past year with different > kernels, and even different X server versions (I'm running > debian-testing). What can I do that might be able to help me narrow > this down a little? X is hardware intensive. I would start by setting up memtest86 and running that for a day or so (at least one full cycle). It may just be that there are processes in X that aren't dying properly so that you start getting farther into your physical memory and you reach a specific "bad" spot. If you have the java plugin running in mozilla I've seen it open a *LOT* of instances of java_vm -- if they don't die properly as you move from page to page...well... G -- gvl2 (Gerald) AirBall the Rolling Basket Case (1969 Standard Beetle) LifeSaver (1974 Bay Window Bus) http://www.phorce1.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
