James Sparenberg wrote: > I can report two conditions I've seen 8.1 do these kinds of things. > One like is said by Richard. The changing clock speeds which really > isn't handled well by the linux kernel. According to an article I > remember but can't find I disabled this feature in Bios on the laptop > I was on and poooof the box worked. The other condition is memeory > chips. Seems that as you optimize linux more and more errors in > memory start having more of an effect. If you feel this could be a > problem go to http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/memtester/ This > is a bootable diskette that does very complete tests of ram. > > James >
Of course /images/memtest-x6.bin is also a bootable image and does a fair job of testing (on CD1 of the distro) Civileme > > On 07 Jan 2002 19:28:10 +0000 > richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Ken , the one thing that laptops do and furtively is to drop the >> > clock > >>speed to reduce power, I've a Toshiba sat 4000cds, and it lies about >> > its > >>clock speed. To increase battery life its very common to power down >>parts of the motherboard when the're not in use. >> >>my 2 penneth >> >>BG richard >> >>On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 18:41, Ken Hawkins wrote: >> >>>I posted a rant on this very subject about 1 month ago. My laptop >>>continues to run just fine on 7.2, after a looonng day of >>> > attempting to > >>>install 8.1 I KNOW its not hardware because I haven't had a hiccup >>> > at > >>>all, and 7.2 autodetected all components, which 8.1 failed to >>> > accomplish. > >>>Ken >>> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> >>>>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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>---- >>> >>> >>>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >>> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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