ben@whack.org wrote:
* The Purple Tiger (Jon@tigersden.demon.co.uk) [021012 14:56]: ::My Athlon runs at 48 deg Centigrade consistently [according to the BIOS when I frequently reboot due to issues with kernels/windows ;o)] :: ::My impression, after much tweaking and hardware changes, is that it is the 2.4.x series of kernels. There seem to be no problems with 2.2.x kernels on this - no lockups for at least 24 hours, but when I changed to 2.4.18 / 2.4.19 it frequently freezes solid. :: ::Maybe mine is a different issue, but I do not know. :: ::On another note - I have another machine which has a :spit: Cyrix 333 with a not fantastic gfx card [2d only, 1 MB on it!], 64 MB RAM running SuSE 8.0 as a mailserver/DNS server/webserver. Not one freeze.... :: ::Maybe the 2.4.x series of kernels have some issues with a piece of hardware and X? ::
Well, since this is the same version of X but a different kernel that could be the issue. But starting Mutt froze it the last time. So I don't know.
If this freezing shit continues then this is no better the Wintendo as far as I'm concerned.
I'll bet it's those ATI drivers you're using. Go back to nvidia. My system is solid as a rock :) //Anders