Re: complete system lock up

2002-12-17 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 09:31:09AM -, Ben Thompson wrote: > > Hmmm, I'm no expert, but crashing Memtest86 is a _very_ bad thing. > > Unless the system is running on a Crusoe processor (which based on your > > previous posts it's not) I'd say there are really only three possible > > culprits: Me

Re: complete system lock up

2002-12-17 Thread Ben Thompson
> Hmmm, I'm no expert, but crashing Memtest86 is a _very_ bad thing.> Unless the system is running on a Crusoe processor (which based on your> previous posts it's not) I'd say there are really only three possible> culprits: Memory, CPU, and Motherboard.  IIRC, these are really the only> piec

Re: complete system lock up

2002-12-12 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 09:21:43AM -, Ben Thompson wrote: > I tried memtest86 and the program crashed at Test #5 [Block move, 64 > moves, cached] Hmmm, I'm no expert, but crashing Memtest86 is a _very_ bad thing. Unless the system is running on a Crusoe processor (which based on your previous

Re: complete system lock up

2002-12-12 Thread Ben Thompson
>> The problem recently got much worse, to the point where kdm crashed>> before it had even displayed the login window. I removed kdm and I was>> able to start kde, but I soon got it ot crash again by messing about>> with my kde kpanel settings. > Hmmm and you can realiably use the system at

Re: complete system lock up

2002-12-11 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 09:40:44AM -, Ben Thompson wrote: > Yes one used the ati driver, and the other nvidia. Just wanted to make sure. > The problem recently got much worse, to the point where kdm crashed > before it had even displayed the login window. I removed kdm and I was > able to st

Re: complete system lock up

2002-12-11 Thread Ben Thompson
>> I have tried different graphics cards, and that didn't make any>> difference.> Did the cards use different drivers?  Using two different nVidia cards> won't help if the conflict is in the driver.   Yes one used the ati driver, and the other nvidia.   The problem recently got much worse, t

Re: complete system lock up

2002-12-10 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 03:20:44PM -, Ben Thompson wrote: > I have tried different graphics cards, and that didn't make any > difference. Did the cards use different drivers? Using two different nVidia cards won't help if the conflict is in the driver. -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: complete system lock up

2002-12-10 Thread Ben Thompson
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 12:31:11PM +, Ben Thompson wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am having some serious problems with my sid system. I am getting > > regular system lock ups when using x-windows. I have not noticed the > > system lock up when I'm just using the console so I think it must be > >

Re: complete system lock up

2002-12-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 12:31:11PM +, Ben Thompson wrote: > Hello, > > I am having some serious problems with my sid system. I am getting > regular system lock ups when using x-windows. I have not noticed the > system lock up when I'm just using the console so I think it must be > something to

Re: complete system lock up

2002-12-10 Thread Shawn Lamson
On 10 Dec 2002 12:31:11 + Ben Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am having some serious problems with my sid system. I am getting > regular system lock ups when using x-windows. I have not noticed the > system lock up when I'm just using the console so I think it must be > som

Re: complete system lock up

2002-12-10 Thread Chris Halls
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 12:31:11PM +, Ben Thompson wrote: > or another way is to load up and start using > openoffice. Did you check /usr/share/doc/openoffice.org/README.Debian.gz already? There are several known problems with certain chipsets. It would help if you give a summary of the har

complete system lock up

2002-12-10 Thread Ben Thompson
Hello, I am having some serious problems with my sid system. I am getting regular system lock ups when using x-windows. I have not noticed the system lock up when I'm just using the console so I think it must be something to do with x. There are a few different ways to make it crash, one way which