Gerhard den Hollander wrote:
* Ken Schneider
(Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 07:10:09AM -0400) On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 06:17, Rikard Johnels wrote:
KDE locks up randomly after a few minutes.
No keyboard, no network no nothing but the button-on-the-front can unluck it.
What am i to do???
1) look at the system log (usually /var/log/messages)
This is most likely a hardware problem. Try reseating all of the boards in the box and see if that clears up the problem. Also boot to the bios setup and let it sit there to see if it hangs there as well, this will mean a hardware problem for sure.
2) the suse CDs (and usually the install) comes with a thing called memtest. run the memtest (this can take 24hours if you have much memory and a slow machine)
3) watch the pre-linux bios boot, and see if any warnings occur
4) heat ... If your CPU fan is not spinning the system will overheat and shut itself down (if you're lucky) or fry itself (which means a new CPU, new motherboard &c .. however, since you didn;t mention smoke and a bad smell, it hasn;t fried yet)
Currently listening to: ph2004-8-14d2t02
Gerhard,
== The Acoustic Motorbiker ==
If memtest runs for a long time error free, then booting up to init 3 and throwing some compiles at it to see if it will freeze. The last 3 problems I had on 3 boxes, were memory, CPU that wouldn't run at advertised speed and CPU fan. Memory failures are common because the guys handling PC spares know nothing about ESD and assume that if they don't touch the chip legs, it's safe and will smugly tell you they have never caused damaged - till I tell them I've taught and audited ESD for over 25 years and they'd be fired if they handled the DIMMs that way in the factory where they are made. I have about 10 dead sticks lying around here. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====