Trevor Farrell wrote: > > Michael, > > I, too, have a machine that goes coma-tose and nothing responds except > ctrl-alt-del! I can access it from telnet, but all local access is dead. My > problem is simple to locate, however, it is my SiS6326 video chip - it doesn't > like switching from console mode to X - about 1 in 3 switches it totally looses > it! > > This sounds like some quirky h/ware thing that is really going to take some > chasing down - good luck... > > Trevor > > > > on 11/19/00 10:25 PM, michael rogers wrote: > > > > i'm absolutely clueless. linux simply likes to crash on me. 7.1 and > > > > 7.2 have both been doing it and i don't know why. and the thing i love > > > > about linux is the stability! > > > > > > so, if anyone knows where such things > are logged by the system, or if i > > > need to turn logging on, or what could > possibly doing this, i'll love > > > you forever. if need be i'll supply a > list of my hardware, etc. but > > > geez! > > > > > > when it crashes, it > DIES. i have an MS intellimouse optical, the > > > 5-button mouse with the > 'purdy' red light, and when it dies, even the > > > light goes out. the > display still shows, but there is no response, > > > coma-style. > > > > > > > > help, please. > > > > michael j. rogers. Actually, lspcidrake and cat /proc/pci and perhaps dmesg output would be necessary to begin analyzing your problem. Once we have eliminated known hardware problems, we could look in /var/log/messages, and so on. Civileme
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