>Hope you have lots of room for email if you join that mailing list :) > It's pretty busy. You might want to try testing your RAM > (http://www.memtest86.com/). Segmentation faults in processes and kernel > panics are signs of possible buggy software, however in my experience it > is more often then not a sign of dying or dead hardware.... bad RAM, > faulty CPU, motherboard, etc. Sometimes it is hard to pin down which one > but I would definitely try testing the RAM. You could also try a compile > of a kernel (With a .config you know works) and see if it seg faults, if > it does try it again and see if it seg faults again in the same place or > different place. If you are able to test the box for a while (Ie, you can > have it offline for the day), then you can try the kernel compile thing > using a loop and let it compile the kernel over and over again for a few > hours. Sometimes faulty CPUs only show signs of faultiness if they are > really pushed for extended periods of time (Ie, they get too hot).
lmsensors is also very good for seeing if your processor is overheating. You can either record it in a log file, or keep an app like gkrellm running in X, so that when your box crashes you can see what the processor temp. is. Jesse -- Jesse Kline, RHCT http://www3.telus.net/public/klinej/resume.html
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