Thomas säger: -->Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 08:57:08 +0000 -->From: Derek Fountain <fountai@hursley.ibm.com> -->To: SuSE English <suse-linux-e@suse.com> -->Subject: Re: [SLE] Linux hangs... --> -->My experience of Linux is that when it crashes this hard it's probably a -->hardware or hardware config error. My system used to crash -->intermittently and it turned out to be a wrongly configured (at the -->kernel level) sound card. To track down your problem, upgrade to the -->latest kernel (2.2.13), and recompile it without network, sound, or -->whatever else you normally use. Physically remove what you can from the -->machine. See if the problem goes away. If it does start reintroducing -->things until the problem comes back. --> -->If a very basic system fails it could be your graphics card. Can you -->borrow one for an hour or two? If not, buy the cheapest old 512K Cirrus -->Logic PCI card you can find. I keep a spare one and they cost about -->10GBP (16$US). Then see if the problem goes away. --> -->Plus you can check the basic stuff. Is your CPU cooled adequately? (Open -->the case and point a desk fan into it!) I had that problem before !! Got nasty sig11 when compiling kernels. -->Is your memory or any PCI card -->loose? --> -->Chances are the problem will be hardware or low level config based, -->rather than Linux itself. Thanks a lot Derek !! Now a got something to work with. I figured it could be a hardware problem, but I was not that sure what to do, or where to begin. But I didn't know that every damn piece of hardware could mess up my system.. I'm getting tired just thinking about tonight.. Thanks.. ---snipping original message--- -- / Regards Thomas a.k.a Sl@cker -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thomas Bohlin SuSE (http://www.suse.de/en) user in Kista, Sweden === M A I L === | === W E B === thomas.bohlin@home.se | http://www.thomasbohlin.com/ === V O I C E M A I L = | === L I N U X === +46 8 59814074 | Registered user #89307 SuSE 6.2 Kernel 2.2.10 Don't fear the penguins... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/