Trying to eliminate possible hardware causes, I have tried ping -fi 0 10.0.0.138 in order to stress the network card suspected to be active at lockups (which seem to occur only if connection to the Internet is active). No lockup happened.
Also, I did not experience lockups when downloading debian packages using aptitude. On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 02:18, Omer Zak wrote: > Recently I have been experiencing very frequent lock-ups of my PC. I > had to press the RESET button to release the lockup. When the lockup > occurs, neither the keyboard nor the mouse respond. > > My software configuration: > Kernel: 2.6.8-1-686 > pptp-linux 1.5.0-4 > pptpd 1.2.1-2 > xfree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 > Mozilla 1.7.3-5 > evolution 1.4.6-5 > epiphany 1.2.9-2 > iptables 1.2.11-8 -- My own blog is at http://www.livejournal.com/users/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]