Martin Mielke wrote:
Hi,
something similar happens to my system (SuSE 9.0): it freezes from time to time even while idle, so the only possible solution is to press the "Reset"-button... it's quite annoying for a Linux system using an *stable* release, I must say...
Greetings, Martin
I've only had that problem with the early 2.6.0-pre kernels and some of the 2.4.2x kernels from ftp.kernel.org, it seemed APM was spinning down the hard drive, but not waking it up again. I had to use the boot option apm=off. It's worth trying either that option, acpi=off or even both together to see if the problem is in that area. When this started happening regularly, I even thought I had motherboard and PCI card/processor/memory problems. Occasionally the odd hardware/software gremlin pays us a visit, but for the number of years I've been running Linux with bleeding edge kernels and latest greatest software packages and libraries, I've never experience a day when I couldn't get my work done using Linux, any problems are usually a rescue CD boot away from a fix - my stupidity/mistake/04:30_got_to_get_this_up_before_I_go_to_bed quite often being the cause of the trouble. Regards Sid.
-----Mensaje original----- De: plain [mailto:kanenas@hawaii.rr.com] Enviado el: miercoles, 14 de enero de 2004 12:01 Para: suse-linux-e@suse.com Asunto: [SLE] predictable crashes
i guess the more windoze-like our linucses become, the more windoze-like they behave! Here is what i consider a pretty good example: First make sure everything is backed up and all apps are closed. Start your realplayer - i use it to hear news from the old country-, hook up to a station or something. then, for a change, forget about work and world, and click up a game of Klondike solitaire. then count the seconds or the minutes until the hard lockup. in my a7s333 - 1gb ram - ati rage pro128 it happens every time. sometimes in 10 seconds, sometimes in 10 minutes. suse 8.2 or 9.0 it reminds me of the old saying : Be careful what you wish, you might get it... it is a silly combination of apps and it is not important to me that this gets fixed, however it is amazing to me that something as simple as klondike can bring down a linux setup with 6-7 months uptime on the first try and then every single time after that... d.
-- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer Linux Only Shop.