On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Davor Cengija wrote: > I'm having a really hard time with this new 8.1 > distribution. It is very unstable and unpredictable (something > I wouldn't expect from Mandrake Linux). Anyone experienced > similar problems, say: > > - kicker dies without obvious reason > - konqueror segfaults with libstdc++ errors in debug stack trace > - the X server freezes while the rest of the system works fine (say, > internet connection). However, mouse and keyboard are dead (since > they're controlled by X, of course) > - xemacs segfaults with different errors, in different states > > There are some other problems as well. I'll skip pasting stack > traces, etc for now. > > The strange thing is that everything works just fine after > reboot (like in windows :-). So, I'd say that either kernel or > some standard lib (glibc, libstdc++ or whatever) is > broken. Sometimes one error in say konqueror is followed by > xemacs' segfault.
Check your hardware. This sounds suspiciously like a failing CPU or case fan. I've been running 8.1 for about two months now and it has been solid.
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