On Monday 21 May 2007, Marek Miller wrote: > b.n. napisał(a): > > Marek Miller ha scritto: > >> I really don't know, what's happened: the system hangs > >> every 15 minutes, most of applications don't work > >> properly (emerge, firefox etc.) and put out <Segmentation > >> fault>. > >> > >> > >> Several times I catch a message on the console, but > >> cannot read the whole thing, because of system reboot > >> (It was something like: BUG cannot handle kernel NULL > >> pointer...) > >> > >> Does anybody suspect, what's the problem? > > > > To me, seems a lot like an hardware problem. Bad RAM or bad > > motherboard, possibly a hidden defect triggered by a reboot too much... > > > > Do the segfaults happen randomly or are they reproducible? (that is, > > if you open a given app, does it ALWAYS segfault or it OFTEN segfault? > > and does it happen immediately or after a random amount of time?) > > > > m. > > Yes, it is a RAM defect. Is there a way to define upper limit of RAM, so > I can perform some back-up before > I take my laptop to a warranty service?
Try badram-sources. I've never used them, but they should do the trick. I think you can find them in the custom-kernels overlay. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
