On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 at 10:58:54, Timothy Swenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
gi.com> wrote:
(Ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>I've got a problem with Q40/Linux. I was using Gimp last night and suddenly
>the system froze. Now mouse movement, no updated display. I had xosview
>running and it stopped. I could not shutdown using CTRL-ALT-DEL.
>
>I then rebooted, started up WindowMaker, and had it sit for a while hoping it
>would freeze. After about 1 hour, it looked like it was not freezing (xosview
>was still updating), but when I tried the mouse, it was frozen. CTRL-ALT-DEL
>also would not work (don't know if it is supposed to work when X is running).
>
>I'm tempted to link my QL to the Q40 via a serial cable (with a getty on the
>serial port) so I can login and see what's going on. But first I wanted to see
>if anybody had any ideas?
Take the ram out, and clean the contacts.
The ram socket is often the weak link.
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