Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

[BandiPat <penguin0601@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 29 November 2005 09:57, Shibu Basheer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been using open suse for a couple of days now, and I feel there
> are some stability issues on my PC. The PC locks up occasionally when
> logging in or out of a KDE session. The mouse curser moves, but no
> access to keyboard, and I cannot switch to a terminal using alt-F
> switch.  I also found the system locked up after I let it running
> overnight, only see a static picture of the screensaver on, with no
> response.  I have applied all the latest updates.
>
> My hardware is AMD 2800, 512 MB RAM, Nvidia2 based graphics card, and
> a Maudio 7.1 sound card.
>
> I wish to believe this a hardware problem, but XP runs smooth on this
> machine. Is there any way to lookup cause of crash in any log files
> after a reboot?
>
> Thanks,
> Shibu
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Sure, /var/log/messages should give you something to start with on 
system mishaps.

Lee