On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Ben Chavez <[email protected]> wrote: > Lately though Ubuntu is getting to be known for random kernel crashes, > symptoms are: No key board input, no mouse input cold reboot is the only way > to gain back your system. > At least that is what I am facing on my single core Pentium 4, Ubuntu 10.04. > Some people says that is due to bad memory in the system, or not enough > swap, however it is very annoying. > Perhaps a smaller distro will be a better choice under these sircumstances > or a non linux OS such as freeBSD I don't know. > If somebody else has a solution for this problem I am listening it.
Try booting from Knoppix or a Debian live CD. (I find it nice to install those things to USB Memory drives - saves on CDs, and then you can install stuff and it will be there the next time you boot!) If it crashes then, it's a hardware problem. Try running memtest86. memtest is a boot option from Ubuntu, or you could run it from a live-cd. The installation medium you installed from could have been corrupted, which can cause strange and wonderful bugs. Try running the installation medium checker on your install media (if you still have it). And if all that fails, it's always good to try simply disabling all Compiz/GLX effects. Linux GLX is terrible beyond all imagination. Buggy, slow, and causes no end of issues. Even though it looks like I live in 2003, all my stuff works just fine because I don't trust desktop effects. Every time I use them, something breaks. Also ensure that any proprietary graphics drivers were installed correctly. Boot into recovery mode (which also includes a root prompt without asking for a password - wtf grief please Canonical!) and then follow some online instructions for troubleshooting and fixing proprietary graphics drivers. I would give you a link, but it's really high up on the Google list of things returned. So yeah, do a bit of your own homework. And next time, do us all a favour and read http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html before posting another question that goes along the lines of Q: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this!" A: "Well then stop doing it!" -- Registered Linux Addict #431495 For Faith and Family! | John 3:16! fsdev.net | 0x5f3759df.org | chrismiller.at -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
