Mike, Have a look in /var/log/ and you will find various log files in there including syslog. These should hold the key to what you are looking for.
Tony. -----Original Message----- From: crak600 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 5:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] system crash....why? isn't there somewhere that linux keeps a lot of what the system does? i'm sitting here this morning, got gaim, kmail, mozilla, and KsCD running, all of the sudden the mozilla window closes. figured that was pretty odd. i go to the kmail window, click on it, it closes. i turned off Gaim myself, but then the menu bar at the bottom of the screen wouldn't come up at all when i moved the mouse over it, so i switch to the desktop KsCD is on, try to turn that off, it disappears. so now i'm thinking the you konw what has hit the fan. before i can try an alt ctrl backspace to get out of linux and to the "saftey" of a reboot before i get a complete system crash, the system crashed. so now i'm forced to hit the restart button on the box. after a few failed attempts to get into linux, i throw the boot disc in the drive (cause off the CD alone it wouldn't go). i tell it to do an install and figure i'll just wait til prompted and rescue the installation. didn't give me that choice, guess it did it on it's own. couple of things came up about it sent kill signals and what not and said it was save to reboot my computer. i reboot and everything "seems" fine. but..... does the system keep track of stuff like this so i can go in and check WHY it crashed? and if it does, where is there a definition of what that stuff means, because i prolly won't understand it on my own. besides my numerous CD drive failures, this is the only time i remember that the system has crashed. help appreciated, or a point or kick in teh right direction. :) Mike -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/>
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