----- Original Message ----- From: Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 14:36:25 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake shutting down. > > > For the past few days, Mandrake has been shutting down with no action > > > from me. This can happen at any time , at any duration of uptime. > > > It can stay up for minutes......or hours......or days. > > > The only clue I can find is from the system log as follows: > > > > > > Sep 22 14:19:36 Eclipse mdkkdm[1572]: X server for display :0 terminated > > > unexpectedly > > > Sep 22 14:19:36 Eclipse gconfd (ian-18431): Received signal 15, shutting > > > down cleanly > > > Sep 22 14:19:36 Eclipse gconfd (ian-18431): Exiting > > > Sep 22 14:19:39 Eclipse modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command > > > for scsi_hostadapter > > > Sep 22 14:19:39 Eclipse modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command > > > for scsi_hostadapter > > > > > > The display goes back to an X login, then loads the graphical login > > > screen, which allows me to log back in. > > > Could anyone please point me in the correct direction to stop this > > > happening? I'm running Mandrake 10 official with kernal 2.6.3.7 on an > > > Athlon 750 with 512mb ram. > > > > > >******************************************** > > > > Ian, I recall having a similar issue in an earlier version of > > Mandrake. > > In my case it was a bad ram module that was the culprit. > > I would suggest you run a memory test program like > > memtest86 to check the possibility. > Hmmm, its a dual boot........Windoze doesn't do it :-( > I'll have a go at this, might be the problem. I was inside the guts of the > beast last week........so it could be I've unseated something and its causing > random crashes. The fault seems to have went away again, as its stayed up for > two days now. > Thanks for the reply, I thought no-one was going to come out with a > suggestion. > -- > *********************************** Ian, I dual-boot too, and at the time I was having the problem, it was WinME. I am dual-booting with XP now. It's worth noting that my WinME was working fine with the bad ram. Linux uses ram somewhat differently than MS Win, and seems to be more demanding in that regard. memtest86 or an equivalent should tell the tale. Let the program run for several hours.
Might not be ram, but the test should determine that. Best regards. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -- James Thurber *********************************************** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 10.0~ *********************************************** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *********************************************** -- _____________________________________________________________ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. >From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze
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