On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 9:50 AM, ne... wrote:

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Hi

I have a problem: my PC shuts down once in a while without warning. I do not know where to look for the reason as to why. There appears no crash handler when it has rebooted. Can you please tell me where I might find the problem? What logs should I check? /var/log/messages round about the time it crashed. Also open up the box and resit all the connections including the ram. Make sure that all your fans work and are not clogged with dust. Consider also running memtest for about a day to eliminate the possibility of bad ram. Make a note of

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 08:08, Neil wrote: the programs running when the crash occurs, it could be one of them causing the crashes. But first, see if there are any clues in /var/log/messages.

Hmm, no clues there: Dec 27 14:06:13 linux-ebhs su: FAILED SU (to root) neil on /dev/pts/2 Dec 27 14:21:57 linux-ebhs syslog-ng[2243]: syslog-ng starting up; version='2.0.9' The failed SU was there because after entering SU I decided I didn't need su to do what I wanted (I do not like to use su except for when I really need to) After that I went on reading /var/log/messages (and /var/log/messages.old, so I could find the difference). I continued reading it for some some time but it crashed again. For the programs I have running: I always have Firefox 3.0.4 running but that came with 11.0. Would a cron job writing top to a file once each minute help? In that case I would have the most accurate data possible. I am sorry for the long time in between posts. I had a busy week (lots of dinners with parts of the family) and my PC hasn't crashed a lot since it hasn't been turned on a lot. Neil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org