Le Mar 9 décembre 2008 15:40, Jussi Nurminen a écrit : [...] > How can I investigate this further? I already burned and erased a DVD-RW [...] > The machine is a Dell Precision 690 with 2 dual-core Xeon processors, 4 > GiB of memory and two SAS hard drives, running Debian Lenny.
Check the frequencies (FSB and core) in the BIOS, your Mother Board or CPU could be overclocked and become too hot to work. Install something to monitor the thermal and fan sensors on the CPU (and the disks). It might be because of CPU too hot, a deffective fan. Look in the SMART information from your disks. If a disk with a SWAP partition fails, it might freeze the kernel too. It can also be because of a power weak. Too much power asked by the DVD+Disks + Video +... and not enought for the CPU. Often, there is a limit, even if the manufacturer says "2 rails". But, dont ask me why the mouse pointer still worked. Fanfan -- http://www.cerbelle.net - http://www.afdm-idf.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
