On Fri, 1 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is scary. I had a problem similar to this on my old work computer. > Netscape > would crash all the time, xterms wouldn't start, library errors, compiling > errors, ftp checksums incorrect, etc. The system never crashed but was very > unreliable. Turns out the memory was bad, after running some test programs I > got > from http://freshmeat.net.
I'll borrow some RAM from someone at work, and also check out the memory test programs when I get home. If that is the problem, I hope my warrantee covers RAM... What you say makes it scarier: I just remembered my trouble with installing packages. When doing my net-install of Potato, I had some packages that wouldn't install. I finally deleted the .debs, and re-tried a few times until it worked. I also had trouble getting a non-corrupted kernel tarball, and it took several tries until I got one that I could use. john > So, I replaced the memory, and it worked alright for 2 months, then, it > started > having problems again. New NIC, same problems. I tried replacing many > different > pieces but to no luck. Finally, I just switched machines and no problems. > Unfortunately this sounds like you have a similar scenrio. > > My only advice is to try and narrow it down to one piece of hardware. Swap in > and out parts (if you have them available) one at a time and see if the > problem > persists. > > Linux has always been extrememly stable for me, minus this one spooked > computer:) > > Scott
