----- Original Message ----- From: "et" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Strange crashes when idle
> are you running out of swap? disk space? (when I run out of space in /home, > often the first place I notice is hitting a menu item in a browser) do you > have an append statement in /etc/lilo.conf that says mem=465? (or some number > that subtracts the "shared video memory" amount from total system ram ie.; > 512 - 32 = 470 and I add a couple a megs to be sure it really had 512 to > start) > > On Wednesday 03 July 2002 05:06 am, you wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Pippin Barr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 5:39 AM > > Subject: [newbie] Strange crashes when idle > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I don't know if I consider myself a newbie, having run linux of some sort > > > for about three years, but I don't consider myself an expert, so here I > > > am. > > > > > > My problem is unfortunately hard to describe, and what I'm really looking > > > for is ideas for establishing what the problem might be. > > > > > > Basically, I installed Mandrake 8.2 a few days ago, and it's crashed once > > > or twice a day since then. I was tolerating it, until this morning's > > > crash when my root partition was damaged. Now I want to get to the bottom > > > of it. > > > > > > When it's crashed I can see that my CPU meter is suggest a very high CPU > > > load (around 4 lines high on a standard xload meter). Various things lock > > > up, generally my web browser. I'm suspicious of mozilla/galeon at > > > present, but don't really know for sure. > > > > > > Eventually the whole thing dies, and I can ctrl-alt-F1 etc to get to a > > > shell, but if I run anything (like pine) the whole thing stops, and > > > eventually I can't do anything (like login from another prompt). At that > > > point I have to reset my computer... > > > > > > As I said, this morning the disk was damaged by this, and I had to > > > manually run fsck to fix it up. Annoying. > > > > > > Anyone experience similar weird problems? > > > > > > I'm going to try not running any mozilla based browsers for a while, to > > > see if that helps at all. I'll let you know if it does. > > > > > > Thanks for any help you can offer me! > > > > > > Pippin Barr > > > > Hi Pippin Barr, > > > > I'm Having a very similar problem here also.. but haven't yet been able to > > figure out what exactly is causing the problem. I've tried several > > suggestions ( differen video board/ settings) Mouse settings etc. all to no > > avail.. My Machine Crashes almost always while trying to download web pages > > or mail. does not seem to matter what Brower or email client I'm using.. > > It Crashes with mozzila , opera, konquerer equally as well. Please if you > > should find out the cure post it to the group so others that may be having > > the same problems can benifit. > > > > Also it may help to list your machines equipment parameters so others can > > see if it's the same chipset video or something else smimilar. > > > > My Machine is has a SIS 730s Chip set AmD Athlon 950Mhz Proc. 512 MB Ram > > with 32 MB share with video Card. > > > > someone help us.. > > > > have a nice day > > Dave Yes I have the append statement mem=480M and I have 980M swap space I think but I will check that out today .. thanks dave --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release Date: 7/1/02
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