Patrick Bartek <nemomm...@gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> I have just bought a new computer,a Lenovo 050 desktop. Its working > > I couldn't find an 050 model. Did you mean H50?
Nope, its a Lenovo 050 Desktop from ebuyer. > >> reasonably okay except for the occasional crashes. For instance, I've >> had it a fortnight now and its longest uptime has been just over 3 >> days, even though its on all the time! > > What OS did it come with Windows 7 or 8? Did the machine crash when > running Windows? If yes, you could have a hardware problem. If no, > then it's probably a Linux problem. > 8.1, which was very soon removed to install wheezy to upgrade to jessie. > You seemed to have installed Jessie 32-bit based on your other posting > -- "installed watchedog" . . . i386. > > What version of Jessie? It's at RC1 as of 25 Jan. It was installed on 10th February, a netinstall of wheezy. Then upgraded to jessie on the same day. > > Dual boot or did you wipe out Windows? > > GNOME3 desktop? Fluxbox, I went into gnome once whilst I installed fluxbox, and there I remain. > > Here's what I'd do. Start over from zero. You could have a corrupted > install. Wipe out your current Jessie. Download and install the most > current 64-bit version. Do a checksum on the download itself and the CD > or DVD after burning. Depending on your Internet connection, a > netinstall CD will get you an up-to-date system when the > install is completed. Everything is working okay, that crashing was the only problem, so thanks, but I'm staying with it as it is. The setup was missing "watchdog" which is now installed. But it is a good idea to get a new 64-bit version, my install disk was burnt on 28 May 2013 so it does need to be replaced. > >> It has crashed when I've been using it, and its crashed overnight >> whilst I've been asleep! There does not seem to be any pattern to >> it, or any noticeable trigger. >> >> When it crashes, the screen freezes, and both the usb keyboard and >> mouse freeze, and can not be used. > > Sounds like a kernel crash. Does the screen go black (or another > color) like the computer was turned off, or does the desktop image > remain? When it crashed *everything* just froze, the keyboard, the desktop, the monitor, time stood still! Sharon.. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, fluxbox 1.3.6, emacs 24.4.1.0
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