Re: how to debug a random freezing problem?

2004-11-10 Thread Alvin Oga
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Alexander Schmehl wrote: > * Adam Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041110 11:21]: > > Thanks for all the suggestions... in the end, I tried removing some of > > my memory and it appears to have worked: I had 1x512 and 1x256 (which > > should be possible, according to the manual)

Re: how to debug a random freezing problem?

2004-11-10 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Adam Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041110 11:21]: > Thanks for all the suggestions... in the end, I tried removing some of > my memory and it appears to have worked: I had 1x512 and 1x256 (which > should be possible, according to the manual), but now that I removed the > 256, the problem has disap

Re: how to debug a random freezing problem?

2004-11-10 Thread Adam Butler
Thanks for all the suggestions... in the end, I tried removing some of my memory and it appears to have worked: I had 1x512 and 1x256 (which should be possible, according to the manual), but now that I removed the 256, the problem has disappeared. ta, Adam On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 13:16 +, T

Re: how to debug a random freezing problem?

2004-11-09 Thread Robert Storey
Hi Adam, If heat is the problem, I strongly suggest installing powernowd. It requires a very recent kernel (I'm running 2.6.8-1). After installed, you enable it on bootup (you can use rcconf). That's all, just set it and forget it. I'm not sure if it will work on every laptop processor, but does f

Re: how to debug a random freezing problem?

2004-11-09 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Adam Butler wrote: Hi, I installed Ubuntu[1] (Debian w/ 2.6.8 kernel) on my Toshiba Satellite M30 Centrino laptop last week, and it's great, apart from the fact that the computer freezes up randomly. From what I can see, there is *no* pattern, but it usually takes about 3 hours' use, and then s

Re: how to debug a random freezing problem?

2004-11-09 Thread Andreas Klein
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:32:47 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam Butler) wrote: > Hi, > > I installed Ubuntu[1] (Debian w/ 2.6.8 kernel) on my Toshiba Satellite > M30 Centrino laptop last week, and it's great, apart from the fact that > the computer freezes up randomly. From what I can see, there is

Re: how to debug a random freezing problem?

2004-11-09 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Adam Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I installed Ubuntu[1] (Debian w/ 2.6.8 kernel) on my Toshiba Satellite They have their own mailing-list. > find out the temperature in /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature > when it freezes, and it's usually around 66C, which is actual

how to debug a random freezing problem?

2004-11-09 Thread Adam Butler
Hi, I installed Ubuntu[1] (Debian w/ 2.6.8 kernel) on my Toshiba Satellite M30 Centrino laptop last week, and it's great, apart from the fact that the computer freezes up randomly. From what I can see, there is *no* pattern, but it usually takes about 3 hours' use, and then suddenly stops. The