On 13/06/13 22:05, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 13/06/13 16:47, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: >> recently my netbook got the habit of freezing sporadically. [...] >> [...] >> I ran a memtest a few months back and stopped it after 8 successful >> passes. I might try that again as soon as I find out how¹, but I'd >> think that a corrupt memory would cause something different than a full >> freeze. > > It usually manifests in segfaults that seem to come at random. But it's > still worth a shot. It's very easy. Emerge "sys-apps/memtest86+" and > add this grub entry: > > title=Memtest86+ > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/memtest86plus/memtest.bin > > (Adapt the "hd0,0" of course to be the same disk as the one you're using > to boot your kernel.) > > That's it. Now your boot menu will include a "Memtest86+" option. This > is for grub 1 though. If you migrated to grub 2 by now, then I don't > know how that boot entry would look like. I suspect it will be some > 300-line monstrosity or something :-| > >
Temperature? - check for dust puppies clogging the heatsinks, cooling etc. BillK
