On Sunday 28 September 2003 05:01 pm, SMS WebMaster wrote: > No the fas is running all the time , > > and when the system crash the screen dont go blank (I still can see > my desktop but I can't move the mouse or press the keyboard) > > Jason Cooper wrote: > > SMS WebMaster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled: > >>Hi > >> > >>I was RedHat and Mandrake user and now I am (I hope for ever :) ) > >> Gentoo user > >> > >>but I have a big problem. linux sometime crash (hang) sometime > >> without any reason !!! > >> > >>This happened to me in Redhat,Mandrake and now in gentoo > >> > >>sometime I don't do anything , just browsing the net with mozilla > >> !!! > >> > >> > >>anyone know any reason for this crash ?? > >> > >> > >>My PC is : > >>Compaq Presario 2800 (Laptop) > >>HardDisk 20GB > >>Memory: 256M > >>CPU : Intel Mobile 1400 > > > > I would suspect hardware. Listen for the fan, does it stop? Is > > it running at all? I once had a Cyrix :( 266MHz that did it all > > the time, regardless of Linux OS or configuration. It was > > overheating. > > > >>BTW : How can I make gentoo allway check the hardisk (ReiserFS) > >> if the shutdown not clear > > > > ReiserFS is a journalling filesystem, in *theory* it won't loose > > data during a crash. I'm not sure how to force the check on > > reiser, but adding 'reiserfsck /dev/hda?' to rc.local wouldn't > > hurt. Just slows down bootup times a little. > > > > HTH, > > > > Cooper. > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Nvidia graphics card? If so try changing to the "nv" driver and see if that helps -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
