On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Tim Wunder wrote: > On 12/23/2002 4:24 PM, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Tim Wunder wrote: > > > >> Anyone running an AMD-based board with a Via KT133 chipset? I've > >> been experiencing a significant amount of system instabilty (X > >> crashing, SRPM rebuilds failing with internal compiler errors, > >> running kmix locking the system) and was leaning toward bad RAM > >> being the culprit. But as I've been googling, I've found several > >> references to the KT133 chipset, and the VT82C686 Southbrisge > >> wreaking havoc. > >> > >> I'll be updating my motherboard's BIOS tonight (an ABIT KT7A) and > >> replacing the RAM to see if that helps, but any insight y'all could > >> provide would be helpfull, especially if your running on a mobo > >> with a VIA chipset. I'm currently running RH8's stock Athlon > >> kernel, but would be willing to compile a new kernel if that would > >> help fix things. > > > > > > Another datapoint to consider is that RH8 isn't exactly famous for > > its stability. Can you reliably reproduce the instability, or is it > > seemingly random? > > > > Seemingly random, although going to http://www.backbayguide.com/newwine.htm in >Mozilla seems to crash X fairly regularly.
It crashed X?? That is creepy. Anyway, if you've got a Knoppix CD, you could always see if the behavior is reproducable there. THat should help to rule out/in hardware as a factor. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
