Re: Problems with new hardware
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Andy Spiegl wrote: I am looking for pointers as to log files that might indicate the problem. It is possible that I have not set everything up exactly right for the motherboard and CPU chip. I am using an IWILL XA100P motherboard with an AMD K6-3 400 CPU, with 256MB RAM. I've got a similar machine. (Epox MB instead of IWILL) And I can't keep my box alove longer than 2-3 days. My ASUS P5A (400MHz AMD K6-II, two 64MB DIMMs) gave me some initial difficulties. It ran fine at 95MHz FSB, but had problems at 100MHz. (Windows crashing, random programs dying with sig 11 under Linux.) I swapped out all the hardware from the place I bought it; I put in an extra case fan. Nothing worked. Finally, in desperation, I swapped my 128MB DIMM for two 64MB DIMMS from my parents' computer. It's now running fine in their motherboard, and their memory is working fine in mine. Go figure... Sincerely, Ray Ingles(248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technically, Windows is an operating system, which means that it supplies your computer with the basic commands it needs to suddenly, with no warning whatsoever, stop operating. - Dave Barry
Re: Problems with new hardware
On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 10:02:28PM -0700, Karen Hanson wrote: Anyhow, what happens is that Netscape crashes a lot, and Mozilla crashes too. Sometimes the crash is severe enough to kill the X server, and sometimes the system hangs completely. Of every 10 crashes, 7 are just Netscape or Mozilla, 2 are the X server, and 1 is a complete system hang. I am running the Debian kernal that was on the CDs. When I try to make a new kernal, I can't get X to start at all. I am looking for pointers as to log files that might indicate the problem. It is possible that I have not set everything up exactly right for the motherboard and CPU chip. I am using an IWILL XA100P motherboard with an AMD K6-3 400 CPU, with 256MB RAM. Nice setup! What video card are you using? What Xserver? Did you install the netscape that came on the Debian cds or did you download it from somewhere else? In the mean time, you might want to make sure your video card isn't sharing it's irq with any other devices. -- Ray
Re: Problems with new hardware
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 11:09:51AM -0500, Andrei Ivanov wrote: When you replace something like motherboard in the system, you have to recompile th ekernel for it. Why would you have to do that? I could see if maybe you already had a customized kernel with, for example, pentium optimization set, and then you downgraded to a 386 but the kernel that comes on the Debian CDs is pretty generic. FWIW I use the same machine to compile kernels for 10-12 different debian boxes and about the only thing I change is the sound related stuff. -- Ray
Re: Problems with new hardware
I am looking for pointers as to log files that might indicate the problem. It is possible that I have not set everything up exactly right for the motherboard and CPU chip. I am using an IWILL XA100P motherboard with an AMD K6-3 400 CPU, with 256MB RAM. I've got a similar machine. (Epox MB instead of IWILL) And I can't keep my box alove longer than 2-3 days. It just stops completely. Not even the magic SysRQ keys work. :-( I tried to analyze the hardware parts that might be causing this, but so far I had no luck. This morning I took out the TV-card (Hauppauge) to see whether that's the bad guy, but who knows... Nice setup! What video card are you using? I've got a Diamond Viper 550 AGP. What Xserver? SVGA In the mean time, you might want to make sure your video card isn't sharing it's irq with any other devices. Hm, why is that?!? I've got all my PCI/ISA slots filled up, so that some PCI cards have to share IRQs. And my AGP card is always sharing it's interrupt with the first PCI slot, which holds the network card. I would be very surprised to hear that Linux doesn't like shared IRQs?!? Thanks a lot, Andy. -- E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://andy.spiegl.de Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP key o _ _ _ - __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) --- _`\,__`\,__(_) (_)/_\_| \ _|/' \/ -- (_)/ (_) (_)/ (_) (_)(_) (_)(_)' _\o_ ~~~ No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. -- Channing Pollock
Problems with new hardware
I just built a system from motherboard up and am having a few problems and looking for pointers. I used the latest Debian version from Cheap Bytes, slink, I think. Anyhow, what happens is that Netscape crashes a lot, and Mozilla crashes too. Sometimes the crash is severe enough to kill the X server, and sometimes the system hangs completely. Of every 10 crashes, 7 are just Netscape or Mozilla, 2 are the X server, and 1 is a complete system hang. I am running the Debian kernal that was on the CDs. When I try to make a new kernal, I can't get X to start at all. I am looking for pointers as to log files that might indicate the problem. It is possible that I have not set everything up exactly right for the motherboard and CPU chip. I am using an IWILL XA100P motherboard with an AMD K6-3 400 CPU, with 256MB RAM. Alll of these crashes must leave log entries somewhere, right? Where do I look? ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
Re: Problems with new hardware
Karen Hanson wrote: I just built a system from motherboard up and am having a few problems and looking for pointers. I used the latest Debian version from Cheap Bytes, slink, I think. Anyhow, what happens is that Netscape crashes a lot, and Mozilla crashes too. Sometimes the crash is severe enough to kill the X server, and sometimes the system hangs completely. Of every 10 crashes, 7 are just Netscape or Mozilla, 2 are the X server, and 1 is a complete system hang. I am running the Debian kernal that was on the CDs. When I try to make a new kernal, I can't get X to start at all. I am looking for pointers as to log files that might indicate the problem. It is possible that I have not set everything up exactly right for the motherboard and CPU chip. I am using an IWILL XA100P motherboard with an AMD K6-3 400 CPU, with 256MB RAM. Alll of these crashes must leave log entries somewhere, right? Where do I look? I'm by no means an expert but you might try the /var/log directory. hth, kent
Re: Problems with new hardware
I just built a system from motherboard up and am having a few problems and looking for pointers. I used the latest Debian version from Cheap Bytes, slink, I think. Anyhow, what happens is that Netscape crashes a lot, and Mozilla crashes too. Sometimes the crash is severe enough to kill the X server, and sometimes the system hangs completely. Of every 10 crashes, 7 are just Netscape or Mozilla, 2 are the X server, and 1 is a complete system hang. I am running the Debian kernal that was on the CDs. When I try to make a new kernal, I can't get X to start at all. I am looking for pointers as to log files that might indicate the problem. It is possible that I have not set everything up exactly right for the motherboard and CPU chip. I am using an IWILL XA100P motherboard with an AMD K6-3 400 CPU, with 256MB RAM. Alll of these crashes must leave log entries somewhere, right? Where do I When you replace something like motherboard in the system, you have to recompile th ekernel for it. I've replaced board once, and did not make my new kernel. FOr a week later I've had weird problems with the system. You don't even need the X. Just go ahead and recompile kernel from the shell, and boot it. I'm not sure whether you need to reinstall the Netscapejust try with new kernel first. A place to look is /var/log logs. Andrew --- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv --Little things for Linux. http://www.missouri.edu/~c680789 --Computer languages of the world My work in progress. ---
