On July 14, 2003 06:17 am, Andy Goth wrote: > On Sunday, July 13, 2003 7:05 pm, Geoff Petzold wrote: > > On July 14, 2003 05:59 am, Andy Goth wrote: > > > On Sunday, July 13, 2003 5:48 pm, Geoff Petzold wrote: > > > > > On Sunday, July 13, 2003 5:06 pm, Geoff Petzold wrote: > > > > > > I crashed X again but fail to see how i can ping my computer from > > > > > > a different host if my comuter is frozen... > > > > > > > > > > It's just a test to see if your computer really is frozen or if you > > > > > only lost keyboard/monitor I/O. You might be surprised. Every > > > > > time I try to get DRI working I wind up with what appears to be a > > > > > frozen machine, but I can still log in via telnet. > > > > > > > > Yes, I understand the theory behind doing this, but... i only have > > > > one computer... how do I do this with one computer? Do I not need a > > > > second one to be able to ping the one im having problems with?? > > > > > > One of us could try ping, if we knew your IP address... > > > > > > Try this. Hit http://ioioio.net/geoff and I'll see you in the log. > > > Then I'll start pinging you. I'll record the time when the pings fail > > > and send it to you in email. You record the time when your computer > > > appears to lock up and when you reboot. Be sure to sync with ntp first > > > or we won't get anywhere. > > > > excuse my "newbieness" but... sync with ntp?? What is that? > > Network Time Protocol. That's just so that we're working with the same > clock. > > After writing that email I checked your mail headers. It seems you're at > 24.86.80.207. Is that right? Get http://ioioio.net/geoff and we'll see. > Of course, you might be behind a proxy or similar, in which case my plan > will be foiled.
I am behind a firewall, that, within XP wont allow me to have those crazy help sessions where somone actually gets access to your computer.... I forget what theyre called... pure evil! So I'm thinking that it probably wont let this work... ill try loggin in to ioioio.net/geoff and weel see... Thanks Geoff > > Then again, if we're not using the same clock, there's no point anyway. > Try instead starting a stopwatch at the time you download the above URL and > then write down what it says when you halt your system and when you reboot > (be sure to wait at least fifteen seconds between the two). -- Geoff Petzold [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
