Re: kernel panic

2011-02-15 Thread Jack Coats
I have seen such things be thermal related. Even though it is a laptop, open it up or have a tech do it and clean it out. Dust, lint, etc build up and can cause thermal overload. It is very dusty were we live, and I have this as an issue in desktops here. My son had a laptop at college and

(OFF TOPIC)Re: state department starts to get it?

2011-02-15 Thread Jim Gasek
How ironic! Kosher Kommisar Klinton tries to convince us, sincerely, that she cares about freedom around the globe, and meanwhile wipes her fat ass with the Constitution, here at home. I really like the way she talks at us like we're 3rd graders. Each...word...very...slowly.

Re: kernel panic

2011-02-15 Thread Tom Metro
Jack Coats wrote: Even though it is a laptop, open it up...and clean it out. I do that about once a year and did so in January when I upgraded the RAM. The crash frequency has perhaps increased in frequency some since the RAM upgrade, but the problem was definitely there prior to the RAM

Re: kernel panic

2011-02-15 Thread Tom Metro
Tom Metro wrote: If this is a practical option, I'll dig deeper and see if I can turn up a guide for using it with an Ubuntu kernel. Installing kexec-tools did generate this warning: update-rc.d: warning: kdump start runlevel arguments (2) do not match LSB Default-Start values (0 1 2 3 4 5)

Re: kernel panic

2011-02-15 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Feb 15, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Tom Metro wrote: Tom Metro wrote: If this is a practical option, I'll dig deeper and see if I can turn up a guide for using it with an Ubuntu kernel. Installing kexec-tools did generate this warning: update-rc.d: warning: kdump start runlevel arguments (2) do

Boston Linux Meeting reminder Wednesday, February 16, 2011 Net Neutrality and the FCC

2011-02-15 Thread Jerry Feldman
When: February 16, 2011 7PM (6:30PM for QA) Topic: Net Neutrality and the FCC Moderator: Caroline Hunter Location: MIT Building E51, Room 395 Caroline will moderate and lead a discussion on the recent FCC Net Neutrality rulings. The following is a short extract of topics Caroline and guests plan