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Steven T. Hatton wrote:
I have had my system lock up twice. Both times it stopped responding to any kind of user input. At the same time, hard drive began to grind with a repeated pattern. I assumed that the system was truly locked because the numlock and the caps lock were not toggling the LEDs. The last time this happened I was scrolling down through a man page in xemacs. I had gotten a head to the system. i.e., clicked faster than it scrolled.
Does anybody have any thoughts on this?
What kind of hardware do you have? Do you have something in the error log?
I am not sure what is meant by error log. I looked at the /root/errors and saw nothing there. As far as my system goes:
Asus PCI MB P5 -MMX 200 Matrox Melinium II 4 X 32 MB EDO SIMMs US Robotics 33.6 Sportster Intellimouse with IMPS driver Western Digital 1G IDE HD
I am also having a problem with my mouse. It sometimes moves off to the right hand, top corner and wont come out. Almost like it saw a cat. If I clik and move the mouse around really fast it will come out afte a while. I don't know if the lockup problem may be related to the mouse or not.
This is what I would do. Pull out all your cards and simms, clean the contacts with a pencil eraser, put them back. If the problem stays, check your power supply, then your motherboard. It sounds like a power supply going flaky, especially when the mouse drifts off. Or maybe it is the mouse. Power supplies and serial mice are cheap, you can get a power supply for 30 bucks, and a mouse for 10. It's good to have spares anyways. :-) Your power supply might be OK, but you may be getting a voltage drop on your power line. Does this happen at the same time of the day? Next time it happens, check your wall socket voltage with a meter. Make sure it is above the minimum listed on your power supply. Some power supplies will go as low as 110v , but some need 115, or 120. I've seen this in the summer when air-conditioner loads are high. The voltage can drop to 105. It gives the exact symptom you describe. Mouse floats off, and system locks up. Maybe someone is running a space heater off the same line you are on , and the wire gauge isn't good enough. Try plugging in to a socket off of a different circuit breaker. zentara -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e