-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Ben, I replaced the memory and the machine is now more stable. Firefox is still a bit of a problem, but only with some flash videos. All else is fine. Heracles
Ben Donohue wrote: > Hi Heracles, > > to me it sounds like it is doing something in memory and hitting a problem. > > It could be a faulty memory chip. > If you have two RAM chips then you could remove one if possible and run > the same stuff again, albeit a bit slower. > If you get the same fault then replace the removed chip and remove the > other one. Try again. > > If problem goes away then get a new chip. > If problem stays then probably corrupt file. > > If it happens with the same program all the time then reinstall the > program. > If still happening with same program then it could be a dodgy program or > try program on another computer if possible. > > If ok on another computer then it sounds like the operating system or > some other hardware fault. > You could run up a virtual machine and try to duplicate your environment > to see if either hardware or software. > > Ben > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFI3xPQybPcBAs9CE8RAtMyAKC1u9tIAbSoXpTpS296sSvvB9/pywCgiWFU dshQjKJzEo/tHGtR+Q65Hgw= =Z+JA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
