Hi, Over the past few months, my Linux workstation has begun locking up completely. I mean, 100% totally unresponsive, just frozen stiff. It has thus far only occurred while I've been in X Windows, but I'm always in X anyway.
I'm using Redhat 7.1 with kernel 2.4.2 on a 350 Mhz Intel Pentium II with 256 MB of RAM. I have been running a version of Redhat on this hardware since 1998 and have never had any sort of problem like this up until a few months ago. The obvious question is what has been changed recently. Well earlier in the year I added a new hard drive and a CD-RW, but nothing else in terms of hardware for over a year. In terms of software, I upgraded the system to Redhat 7.1 last March, but nothing else other than a few minor applications here and there. When the system freezes the screen does not change; it doesn't become garbled. No combination of keystrokes produces any noticable effect. All hard disk activity ceases. I have observed this while I am connected to my ISP and when I am not. On one occasion I waited several minutes but nothing happened. Each time this happens, I have to perform a hard reset. One thing is for sure, I cannot reproduce this problem. It comes without warning for no apparent reason. I am not sure what else I can do to identify the problem -- maybe an upgrade, maybe turning on some extra logging somewhere? Got any ideas? Thanks, Derek _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
