Re: anti-freeze

2004-08-27 Thread John Summerfield
Jim McCloskey wrote: I wrote: |> One of the machines I use regularly has a nasty habit of suddenly |> locking completely . |> |> But does anyone know of ways to work on a |> problem such as this? |> |> I'd be really grateful for any tips or pointers. Thomas Adam

Re: anti-freeze

2004-08-27 Thread Jim McCloskey
I wrote: |> One of the machines I use regularly has a nasty habit of suddenly |> locking completely . |> |> But does anyone know of ways to work on a |> problem such as this? |> |> I'd be really grateful for any tips or pointers. Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: anti-freeze

2004-08-23 Thread Justin Guerin
On Sunday 22 August 2004 02:42, Jim McCloskey wrote: > One of the machines I use regularly has a nasty habit of suddenly > locking completely (it happens maybe a couple of times a month). It's > always when X is running, and, I am nearly sure, always when a browser > is being used. This is a Debian

Re: anti-freeze

2004-08-23 Thread Wim De Smet
Hi, On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 01:42:21 -0700, Jim McCloskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One of the machines I use regularly has a nasty habit of suddenly > locking completely (it happens maybe a couple of times a month). It's > always when X is running, and, I am nearly sure, always when a browser >

Re: anti-freeze

2004-08-22 Thread Silvan
> >and I apologize for that. But does anyone know of ways to work on a > >problem such as this? > Oh, I know a gardiner who'd suggest getting out the axe and sharpening > it, then keeping it next to the miscreant:-) Having been around that bush not long ago, I vote for the axe. There's just no

Re: anti-freeze

2004-08-22 Thread John Summerfield
Jim McCloskey wrote: One of the machines I use regularly has a nasty habit of suddenly locking completely (it happens maybe a couple of times a month). It's always when X is running, and, I am nearly sure, always when a browser is being used. This is a Debian testing system, running kernel 2.4.23.

Re: anti-freeze

2004-08-22 Thread Thomas Adam
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 01:42:21AM -0700, Jim McCloskey wrote: > I'd be really grateful for any tips or pointers. Get a copy of lnx-bbc, and run memtest86 from it. These sorts of things are almost certainly memory or CPU-related. -- Thomas Adam -- "Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask. You are a f

anti-freeze

2004-08-22 Thread Jim McCloskey
One of the machines I use regularly has a nasty habit of suddenly locking completely (it happens maybe a couple of times a month). It's always when X is running, and, I am nearly sure, always when a browser is being used. This is a Debian testing system, running kernel 2.4.23. Mozilla-Firefox is t