Here's an idea...While you've got the computer running start kpm and watch to
see what else is running. You should be able to spot the offending program
draining system resources and put a stop to it. It sounds though like
something is threading out of control.
On Monday 15 January 2001 02:39 am, you wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I just installed LM7.2 in my PC, and after the install I wanted to
> compile a custom kernel, but something bad happened. After doing 'make
> bzImage', the computer gets slower and slower to respond, and after some
> 2 minutes it freezes, but there a lot of HD activity. I left the
> computer overnight, and in the morning it was still 'locked' and with
> heavy HD activity, so I had to reset it. I've reinstalled LM 7.2 twice,
> but the problem persists. I tried with kernel 2.2.18, and got the same
> result. If I make a 'make modules' before 'make bzImage', it takes like
> 20 minutes to complete, which is way too long in my opinion. My PC is a
> Celeron566 with 96MB RAM and a VIA mobo.
>
> My other problem is with cups. During instalation, the printer setup
> went flawlessly, and the test print page was ok. Then, after the first
> login, i wanted to print a document, and nothing happened. I opened
> 'kups', and it reported the no rpnter was installed, so I proceeded to
> add a printer, but it reported that no printer port was found. Then, I
> loged in as root, but couldn't print either. 'kups' still reported no
> installed printers and 'qtcups' gave me this erros message: "couldn't
> connect to cups server". I checked, and 'cups' was initialized at
> bootup. Then I launched the printer utility in DrakConf, and there the
> printer was present, and the test page was printed. Now 'kups' reported
> the printer as installed, and I could print from within any X
> application. After rebooting the system, the problem came up again, and
> only after just opening and closing the printer utility in DrakConf did
> the printer work (There's no need to set up the printer again).
>
> Has anyone else experienced these problems? Is there a fix?
>
> Thank you.
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Mark
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