Have to agree with Jeremy, sounds more like a power managment issue. Denny
Sent from my iPhone www.bluebirdnet.ca Bluebird Internet Services On Aug 13, 2010, at 11:55 AM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/13/2010 11:24 AM, Mark Styles wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:13:50AM -0400, Georgi Stoynev wrote: >> >>> to me that sounds like hardware issue. Does the system hangs on >>> random intervals, even when someone is using it? >>> >> No, it never hangs while I'm using it and it never hangs if I'm >> logged >> out of the desktop. >> >> >>> For starters, running memtest overnight may give some answers. >>> >> I thought about memtest, but I would think that defective memory >> would >> affect it all the time, not just when it's idle. >> >> >>> Also, one could run ssh session on it before the 20 min period >>> and see what gives. >>> >> I've tried that, so far it hasn't hung while I've been ssh'd in, >> which >> is even stranger. >> > > I know you have apparently disabled it, but it sounds like what has > happened to me in the past when the system tries to hibernate/sleep. > Would explain why it only happens when logged into GUI, plus only when > system is idle. > > gconf-editor under apps>gnome-power-management has some tickboxes you > could play with, although one would hope that they are not overriding > GUI configs. > > I would suggest maybe installing fluxbox or a small window manager and > test with that active. > > Beyond that, hardware seems possible. Power supply putting out little > ripples, hard drives spinning down and don't want to spin back up, > etc etc. > > Jeremy > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
